Watts v. Jackson

This case involves the purchase by the plaintiff in error, Charles G. Watts, of a tract of land belonging to the estate of Bethena Jackson, defendant in error, a Creek freedman minor, at the confirmation of a guardianship sale while the alleged relationship of attorney and client existed between the parties.

At the threshold of the case, we must determine the rule of law applicable to such transactions. There are a few eases holding that an attorney is under an absolute disability to purchase the subject-matter of his retainer or pending or prospective litigation of his client; but the weight…