Neff v. Willmott, Roberts Looney

I dissent from the majority opinion herein. I shall not burden the record with a restatement of the facts, but will address myself to what I believe is the practical effect of the majority holding.

According to my interpretation, it is to say that if Attorney Neff sent a “runner” to the litigants involved, who had theretofore contracted with Wilimott & Roberts to represent them, and he then obtained a second attorney’s contract, that this was in effect a discharge by the litigants of the plaintiffs as their attorneys; also that: “This is purely an action in tort for the breach of a duty…