Mathein v. Seawell
This text of 199 F.2d 953 (Mathein v. Seawell) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
This is an appeal from a judgment for defendant in a suit for damages against an attorney in which the plaintiff alleges that the attorney, who was representing her in a divorce action, was guilty of negligence in allowing a judgment to be entered against her. It appears that the judgment was entered when the attorney was engaged in another court and after he had secured from opposing counsel consent that trial of the divorce action be continued. Upon motion made by the attorney, the judgment which had been obtained was set aside and the case was subsequently non-suited. There is no evidence that the attorney was guilty of negligence or that plaintiff sustained any damage whatever as a result of the entry of the judgment. The judge below properly held that she was not entitled to a recovery and entered judgment for defendant.
Affirmed.
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