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HUMPHREY v. HURD FITZGERALD SHOE COMPANY

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
May 1, 1920
192 App. Div. 948 (N.Y. App. Div. 1920)

Summary

In Humphrey v. Hurd, 31 Mich. 436, the attorney had advised the client to buy an outstanding claim in one Chapman. The client refused to buy it as he considered it of no consequence. Later the attorney was employed by another to procure the Chapman title for him; this he did. It was held that the later transaction was not invalid by reason of the attorney's former employment.

Summary of this case from Oviatt v. Smith

Opinion

May, 1920.


Judgment and order affirmed, with costs. All concur.


Summaries of

HUMPHREY v. HURD FITZGERALD SHOE COMPANY

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
May 1, 1920
192 App. Div. 948 (N.Y. App. Div. 1920)

In Humphrey v. Hurd, 31 Mich. 436, the attorney had advised the client to buy an outstanding claim in one Chapman. The client refused to buy it as he considered it of no consequence. Later the attorney was employed by another to procure the Chapman title for him; this he did. It was held that the later transaction was not invalid by reason of the attorney's former employment.

Summary of this case from Oviatt v. Smith
Case details for

HUMPHREY v. HURD FITZGERALD SHOE COMPANY

Case Details

Full title:TRACY E. HUMPHREY, Respondent, v. THE HURD FITZGERALD SHOE COMPANY…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: May 1, 1920

Citations

192 App. Div. 948 (N.Y. App. Div. 1920)

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