Turner v. Fleming
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Pottawatomie County; Boy Hoffman, Judge. Action by J. B. Turner against M. C. Fleming and At. T. Brown. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
BREWER, C.
The question presented in this case is this: Is an agreement of an attorney in a case to settle by compromise and dismiss the case, as per stipulation, by virtue of his general employment to bring suit, and without special authority or the knowledge or consent of his client, binding on the client, who afterwards learns of the matter and brings a proceeding to set aside the judgment and order of dismissal ?
The defendant in error has filed no brief. The facts, briefly stated, are: Plaintiff in error, Turner, a nonresident, owns a building in Shawnee, and defendants in error…
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