Harding v. Bell

Plaintiffs filed this action charging defendants, attorneys at law, with legal malpractice. The trial court sustained demurrers to plaintiffs’ fourth amended complaint. Plaintiffs refused to plead further and the trial court, on defendants’ motion, entered judgment for defendants on the pleadings. Plaintiffs appeal, contending that the court erred in sustaining defendants’ demurrers. At oral argument, counsel for plaintiffs conceded that the challenged pleading failed to state a cause of action against defendant P. P. Stager. The principal question is whether plaintiffs’ complaint states a…