Sawdey v. Barnes

Citations

• 73 Wash. 526
• 132 P. 225
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1632

Syllabus

<p>Attorney and Client — Settlement of Suit — Fraud—Evidence— Sufficiency. The evidence is insufficient to sustain a finding that an attorney in making a settlement for his client with a railroad company defrauded him by misrepresenting the amount of money received, and converted the same, where it appears that the check and voucher, relied upon to show that the attorney received the money, was presented to the attorney in blank, he did not learn of its recitals until long afterwards, and did not cash the check, which was returned to the person who brought it to him and receipted for prior to its approval by the auditor of the company, and was cashed by other parties.</p>