Wood v. Thornly

The court ruled correctly in sustaining the privilege of the witness Springer. The relation of attorney and client was shown to have existed at the time between the witness and Ralph Thornly, whose declarations were sought to be called out by the question propounded to the witness. The rule is, that it is the privilege of the party asking the advice, and not of the attorney, and the witness was correct in declining to answer. The People v. Barker, 56 Ill. 299.

The principal question to which our attention has been called, is whether there has been such performance of the parol contract…