Maddux v. Bevan
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception —The plaintiffs prayed the Court to instruct the jury as follows: 1. If the jury shall find from the evidence that the signatures of the defendant Alfred Maddux, and Martin Maddux, upon the bond in suit, are genuine, and that at the time said bond was made, both the defendant and Martin Maddux were citizens of the State of Virginia, and that the defendant was a…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception —The plaintiffs prayed the Court to instruct the jury as follows: 1. If the jury shall find from the evidence that the signatures of the defendant Alfred Maddux, and Martin Maddux, upon the bond in suit, are genuine, and that at the time said bond was made, both the defendant and Martin Maddux were citizens of the State of Virginia, and that the defendant was a resident of Virginia during the late war between the States, from the date of June, 1861, to June, 1865, then the said bond…
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, ¡T.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
One of the questions presented by this appeal relates to the authority of an attorney, over claims of his client placed in his hands for collection. In White vs. Davidson, 8 Md., 186, this Court has said, “the power of an attorney is very extensive, but it is not equivalent to that of his client. As such, it has been doubted, to say the least of it, by high authority, whether he may make a compromise, although he may submit a cause to arbitration. Holker, et al. vs. Parker, 7 Cranch, 436. It is true if the compromise be bona fide, and work no…
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- White v. DavidsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1855
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