Abrams v. Awotin

In 1929, Leo Awotin brought an action in the circuit court of Cook county against the Atlas Exchange National Bank of Chicago to recover $35,000 as damages for the bank’s failure to repurchase real estate mortgage bonds, conformably to its agreement made at the time of the sale. Judgment was rendered against Awotin upon a directed verdict. Desiring to prosecute an appeal, he retained Meyer Abrams, a member of the firm consisting of Max Shulman, Bernard Shulman and Abrams, practicing law under the name of Shulman, Shulman and Abrams, to represent him, and on June 11, 1931, entered into a…