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· 10/6/1970

Pettengill v. New Hampshire Insurance Company

Citations

  • 270 A.2d 883
  • 129 Vt. 23
  • 1970 Vt. LEXIS 197

How courts have described this case

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  • “[A]n attorney, without special authority, has no power to bind his client by a compromise agreement of less than the full amount due.”
  • an attorney, without special authority, has no power to bind his client by a compromise agreement of less than the full amount due
  • an attorney, without special authority, has no power to bind his client by a compromise agreement of less than the full amount due

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Judges: Holden, Shangraw, Barney, Smith, Keyser

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