Barrett v. Burt

STEPHENSON, Chief Judge.

This matter is now before the Court upon the motion of the defendant, Berry O. Burt, to dismiss the plaintiffs’ complaint or, in the alternative, to enter judgment on the pleadings. An oral hearing on this matter was held on January 17, 1966.

This lawsuit arises out of the former attorney-client relationship which existed between the plaintiffs and the defendant. During August 1960, the plaintiffs retained the defendant as their attorney. The defendant thereafter prepared a contract transferring the plaintiffs’ long-term interest in certain property. The contract was to…