Lawall v. Groman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 441, Jan. T., 1896, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Lehigh Co., Nov. T., 1895, No. 72, refusing to take off nonsuit. Trespass to recover damages for alleged loss occasioned by the negligence of an attorney at law.
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Appeal, No. 441, Jan. T., 1896, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Lehigh Co., Nov. T., 1895, No. 72, refusing to take off nonsuit. Trespass to recover damages for alleged loss occasioned by the negligence of an attorney at law. Before Albright, P. J. Plaintiff’s statement of claim was as follows : The above action is founded as follows: The defendant is and was in 1894, a practicing attorney at the Lehigh county bar, maintaining an office and place of business in Allentown, Pa. The plaintiff, a single woman, resides at Catasauqua, in the said county, and attained her majority about December,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
At the close of the plaintiff’s testimony defendant moved for a nonsuit on three grounds, 1, there was no evidence of the relation of attorney and client, 2, there was no evidence of negligence, fraud or collusion, and 3, there was no evidence of any damages sustained by the plaintiff. The court entered a non-suit, and in refusing to take it off dwelt principally upon the failure to establish the relation of attorney and client between the parties, but we must of course assume that all three of the grounds were considered.
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