Chaffey v. Dexter

Citations

• 2 Cal. Unrep. 397
• 4 P. 980
• 1884 Cal. LEXIS 795

Syllabus

<p>Attorney and Client—Compromise—Findings__Where the matter of a compromise was talked over between a client and his attorney, and the attorney did compromise on the terms which he supposed his client assented to, a finding is justified that the client authorized his attorney to compromise as he did.1</p> <p>Attorney and Client—Compromise—Appeal.—-Whether an attorney correctly understood his client, regarding his desires as to a compromise, is a question dependent on the weight of evidence, and, the question being in doubt, the finding of the lower court will not be disturbed.</p>