CAMERON v. SULLIVAN


372 Mass. 128 (1977)

360 N.E.2d 890

BARBARA A. CAMERON, administratrix, vs. EDWARD M. SULLIVAN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

March 8, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Murphy for the defendant.

S. George Bromberg for the plaintiff.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, KAPLAN, WILKINS, & LIACOS, JJ.


KAPLAN, J.

The plaintiff Barbara A. Cameron, as administratrix of the estate of her husband Alan, brought an action against her attorney Edward M. Sullivan, defendant, based on G.L.c. 221, § 51: "An attorney at law who unreasonably neglects to pay over money collected by him for and in behalf of a client, when demanded by the client, shall forfeit to such client five times the lawful interest of the money from the time of the demand." A jury trial in the Superior...

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