Underhill v. Sonnenschein

REINHARD, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a judgment enforcing a settlement between plaintiff and defendant. We affirm.

Plaintiff filed a nine count petition for damages against defendant alleging various acts of fraud and breaches of contract. Plaintiff and defendant by and through their respective counsel negotiated a settlement which was reduced to a writing to be signed by the parties. Defendant’s counsel sent the writing to defendant’s wife for defendant’s signature; he was imprisoned in Kansas. She signed his name and returned the document to counsel. Upon learning the signature was not…