Dillon v. City of Davenport

How courts have described this case

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• holding actual authority by attorney for city to settle claim for specific sum conferred by city council but additional benefits were not
• holding actual authority by attorney for city to settle claim for specific sum conferred by city council but additional benefits were not
• holding actual authority by attorney for city to settle claim for specific sum conferred by city council but additional benefits were not
• holding in a workers’ compensation case that “an oral agreement of settlement that is to be reduced to writing is enforceable if the terms are settled”
• holding relationship of client and attorney is one of principal and agent
• holding relationship of client and attorney is one of principal and agent

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