· 6/10/1919
Terhune v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Citations
- 184 Ky. 670
- 212 S.W. 915
- 1919 Ky. LEXIS 120
How courts have described this case
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- finding that although the attorney may have exceeded his authority by accepting the settlement offer on the plaintiff's behalf, the plaintiff's failure to repudiate the settlement until three weeks after receiving an emailed recitation of the terms constituted ratification
- “client may ratify counsel’s actions when he learned a settlement was reached and took no action to repudiate counsel’s authority to settle.”
- not addressing a choice of law question
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Judges: Sampson
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