Gordon v. Bauer

Mr. 'Chief Justice Wilson

delivered the opinion of the court:

Harry Gordon filed a claim for $40,000 in the probate court of Cook county against the estate of Lester Bauer, deceased, alleging that on April 1, 1933, the confidential relationship of attorney and client existed between the decedent and himself; that he had purchased and then owned 199 shares of the capital stock of the Advance Euel Company; that shortly after April 1 he delivered $14,200 to Bauer, his attorney, with instructions to purchase 350 additional shares from two named sources; that subsequent to the acquisition of this…