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LAWRENCE v. COMMODORE NAV. CORPORATION

27 F.Supp. 139 (1939)

LAWRENCE v. COMMODORE NAV. CORPORATION.

District Court, S. D. New York.

January 9, 1939.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham M. Fisch, of New York City, for petitioner.

Lynch & Hagen, of New York City (Anthony V. Lynch, Jr., and John S. Bull, both of New York City, of counsel), for defendant.

COXE, District Judge.

This is a suit for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained on May 18, 1938. The suit was commenced on June 3, 1938, and on June 22, 1938, the defendant, without the knowledge or consent of the plaintiff's attorney, paid the plaintiff $5,000 in full settlement of his claim. The defendant answered on June 23, 1938, setting up the settlement as a bar to the suit.

The attorney for the plaintiff has filed a petition asking...

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