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Taylor Oil Co. v. Weisensee

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided May 18, 1983No. 13817PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORGAN, Justice.

This appeal arises from a legal malpractice action brought by a client, Taylor Oil Company (Oil Company), appellant, against its former attorney, Anthony Weis-ensee (Attorney), appellee. The trial court dismissed the Oil Company’s complaint against Attorney and Oil Company appeals. We affirm.

Oil Company employed Attorney on a contingent fee basis to collect on a past due account in the sum of $107,300.20 from Russ Ripley (Ripley). On August 22,1980, Attorney, acting on behalf of Oil Company, caused a summons and complaint to be served on Ripley for collection purposes. On May…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Christy v. SalitermanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1970
  2. Kohler v. Woollen, Brown & HawkinsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1973
  3. Campbell v. MaganaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1960
  4. McDow v. DixonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  5. Jackson v. Urban, Coolidge, Pennington & ScottCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1974

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Beeck v. Aquaslide 'N' Dive Corp.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1984
  2. Power Constructors, Inc. v. Taylor & HintzeAlaska Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Jourdain v. DineenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1987
  4. Haberer v. RiceSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1994
  5. Staab v. CameronSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1984

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