Bredin v. Kingland
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the district court of .Alleghany county. Lawrence Kingland and others, partners, &c. against John Bredin, Esq. The plaintiff in error was the defendant below. This was an action of account render, in which the defendant was charged as “ bailiff of the plaintiffs, and receiver of money, from whatever cause or contract, to the common advantage of the said plaintiffs and said defendant, as by law the plaintiffs may show to him, he ought to render.”
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ERROR to the district court of .Alleghany county. Lawrence Kingland and others, partners, &c. against John Bredin, Esq. The plaintiff in error was the defendant below. This was an action of account render, in which the defendant was charged as “ bailiff of the plaintiffs, and receiver of money, from whatever cause or contract, to the common advantage of the said plaintiffs and said defendant, as by law the plaintiffs may show to him, he ought to render.” The first count charges the defendant, as bailiff of the plaintiffs, from, &c. to, &c., and during said time had the care and charge of…
1Opinion of the Court
• The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
—The declaration contains two counts, charging the defendant, first, as bailiff, and second^, as receiver. The plaintiff in error assigns four errors: that the relation of counsel and client will not sustain an action of account render; that there is no privity of contract between the parties ; that the court charged the jury that when an attorney receives money for his client, and neglects or refuses for a length of time to render an account of it, and his client is compelled to have recourse to a suit to recover his money, such attorney…
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