Gould v. Palmer
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Yan Epps. City court of Atlanta. November term, 1894. It appears, from the declaration, that the defendants had been the plaintiff’s attorneys in various matters.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Yan Epps. City court of Atlanta. November term, 1894. It appears, from the declaration, that the defendants had been the plaintiff’s attorneys in various matters. On June 5,1890, a suit for damages was brought against him, and on the next day an article appeared in a newspaper, giving some prominence to said suit; whereupon he called on defendants as his attorneys and asked their advice as to whether, in the proper conduct of the defense, a reply should be written to the newspaper article, to prevent the public from becoming prejudiced against his side of the…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
It is not the special damage or injury resulting from the unskillfulness of an attorney at law in the representation of his client’s interests, hut the breach of the duty imposed by the contract of employment, which gives a right o£ action for damages sustained. The statute of limitations in such a case runs, therefore, from the date of the breach of duty, and not from the time when the extent of the resulting injury is ascertained. The action in the present case not having been brought within four years from the date of the breach of duty, and nothing being alleged which in the meantime…
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