Fox v. Jones

Opinion by

White, P. J.

§ 29. Attorney at law; liability of for negligence; petition in suit against held sufficient. Pox sued Jones, as *49an attorney at law, to recover of him the amount due on a promissory note placed in his hands and accepted by him for collection September 15, 1886, and then lacking fifteen or sixteen days of being barred by the statute of limitations of four years. Jones failed to collect or return the note to Fox. In substance, the cause of action, as alleged in plaintiff’s original petition filed September 29, 1888, and in his amended petition filed May 22, 1889, is that…