Weekley, Et Vir. v. Knight

Pee Curiam.

We have been very much impressed by the plaintiffs in error’s contentions in regard to the order sustaining demurrer to the defendants’ amended first and second pleas to the entire declaration. We think there can be no question that one has a cause of action ex contractu against an attorney who neglects to perform the services which he agrees to perform for a client or which by implication he agrees to perform when he accepts employment by a client. See 6 C. J. 708, Sec. 253; 2 R. C. L. 1012, et seq.; Pennington, Executor, v. Yell, 6 Ark. 212; Chitty on Pleading, Vol. 1, page 149,…