Addley v. Beizer

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• settlement negotiated by corporate attorney not enforceable against corporate officers, who had not established independent attorney-client relationship with corporate attorneys
• an attorney is not a general agent for all purposes, but his authority is limited to the particular purpose for which he was retained
• attorney for corporation is not presumed to represent officers of corporation because the corporation and officers are distinct legal entities
• “The authority of an agent in a particular instance may be established by the principal’s conduct and course of dealing....” (emphasis omitted)
• lawyer for corporation not thereby empowered to serve as lawyer for officers with respect to their individual interests
• “One who serves as attorney for a corporation does not, by virtue of that fact, serve as attorney for the officers of the corporation in their personal capacity. . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).