Aultman, Miller & Co. v. Loring
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Daviess Circuit Court. — Hon. E. J. Broaddus, Judge. (1) It is the duty of an attorney to tell his client the whole truth about any given litigation. Am. and Eng. Ency. of Law [2 Ed.], 332, 334. (2) When an attorney takes a note for collection, his employment, unless terminated by agreement with his client, lasts until that note is collected. 3 Am. and Eng.
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Appeal from the Daviess Circuit Court. — Hon. E. J. Broaddus, Judge. (1) It is the duty of an attorney to tell his client the whole truth about any given litigation. Am. and Eng. Ency. of Law [2 Ed.], 332, 334. (2) When an attorney takes a note for collection, his employment, unless terminated by agreement with his client, lasts until that note is collected. 3 Am. and Eng. Ency. of Law [2 Ed.], 316, 317, 390, 318, 347, 471, 330, 328, 336. (3) An attorney purchasing at his client’s execution sale is held in equity to purchase for his client, and any other title that he may afterward acquire…
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.
This action is to enforce an accounting between plaintiffs and defendant. The decree in the trial court was for the defendant.
Statement It appears from the record that plaintiffs reside in the state of Ohio, and have resided there during the time covered by this controversy. That defendant is an attorney at law residing in DeKalb county, Missouri. That some time prior to December, 1874, one W. W. Simons was indebted to plaintiffs on a promissory note then past due for $87, and interest thereon, which he had failed and neglected to pay. That plaintiffs employed defendant as their attorney to…
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- Johnson v. OutlawMississippi Supreme Court · 1879
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