Bielby v. Allender

Plaintiff, an insurance agent, brought this suit to recover an amount claimed due for premiums. An attorney, acting within the scope of his authority from defendants, filed an ap pearance. A number of conferences occurred between defendants and their attorney in which the discussions revolved solely around the question of the correct amount due from them- to plaintiff and not at all around the question of the legitimacy of plaintiff’s claim or any defense thereto. Defendants brought invoices to their attorney’s office, discussed them with him, compared them with amounts claimed in plaintiff’s…