KELLY, J.
The main question presented in this appeal is:
"Where a check is given for settlement of a claim in good faith by a defendant to an attorney at law who purports to represent a claimant, and that attorney wrongfully forges the client's name to said check, and keeps the entire proceeds thereof, is a later suit by the client against the defendant barred because of the wrongful acts of the attorney?"
Plaintiff herein on March 25, 1961, purchased...
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