Cameron v. Sullivan

The plaintiff Barbara A. Cameron, as ad-ministratrix of the estate of her husband Alan, brought an action against her attorney Edward M. Sullivan, defendant, based on G. L. c. 221, § 51: “An attorney at law who unreasonably neglects to pay over money collected by him for and in behalf of a client, when demanded by the client, shall forfeit to such client five times the lawful interest of the money from the time of the demand.” A jury trial in the Superior Court resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant appealed from the ensuing judgment, and the case is here by transfer on our…