PERRY v. FAULKNER

No. 4273.

98 N.H. 474 (1954)

LAURA A. PERRY v. THOMAS W. FAULKNER.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided February 18, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Sleeper and Wayne J. Mullavey, for the plaintiff.

Sewall, Varney & Levy, for the defendant, furnished no brief.


BLANDIN, J.

The single issue before us is whether in the circumstances here counsel for the insurance company defending in behalf of Mrs. Perry had authority to settle the suit so as to bar the cross action against Faulkner in which she was plaintiff. Hubley v. Goodwin, 91 N.H. 200. In its policy the insurance company agreed to "(a) defend any suit against the insured alleging such injury, sickness, disease or destruction and seeking damages on...

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