Stevens v. Johnson

HILL, Judge.

In order to determine whether the trial court erred in granting the defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, we must determine the authority of an attorney at law to bind his client.

The record in this case reveals that Kinard swore out a warrant against her former husband seeking support for the child born of the marriage. Stevens, Sr., obtained the services of an attorney, Mr. Edward Hollowell, and on 24 October 1973, Hollowell wrote a letter to Kinard’s attorney, Ms. Deborah Greenblatt(nee Mailman), stating that he had reviewed with Mr. Stevens his obligation…