Moore v. Juvenal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1880, No. 20. Assumpsit, brought- November 17th 1874, by Daniel T. Moore and Burrows P. Rich against Margaret H. Y. Juvenal and Jacob V. Juvenal, executors of William W. Juvenal, deceased, to recover damages for an alleged breach of professional duty in the mismanagement of a cause which the Messrs.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1880, No. 20. Assumpsit, brought- November 17th 1874, by Daniel T. Moore and Burrows P. Rich against Margaret H. Y. Juvenal and Jacob V. Juvenal, executors of William W. Juvenal, deceased, to recover damages for an alleged breach of professional duty in the mismanagement of a cause which the Messrs. Moore and Rich had intrusted to him — a claim which they bad against the Green and Coates Streets Passenger Railway Company — by which the plaintiffs allege that they have sustained damage by reason of his want of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sterrett
The breach of professional duty on which this action is founded is the omission of defendant’s testator to commence proceedings for the recovery of a claim against the Green and Coates Streets Passenger Railway Company, until after the same was barred by the Statute of Limitations.
The defence "was twofold: 1st. That the duties he owed to his clients were faithfully discharged and hence he was not liable for the loss of their claim. 2d. That this suit, having been brought more than six years after the alleged cause of action accrued, was barred by the statute.
The first branch of the defence…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- WILCOX v. the Executors of PlummerSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
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