Albright v. Mercer

Citations

• 14 Pa. Super. 63
• 1900 Pa. Super. LEXIS 9

Syllabus

<p>Attorney and client— Character of the relationship — Purchases by attorney.</p> <p>In the relation of attorney and client there can be no antagonistic interest nor divided allegiance; if property be purchased by an attorney while still acting for his client such purchase cannot inure to the attorney’s profit, even if the purchase money be advanced by the attorney.</p> <p>Action by client against attorney — Assumpsit.</p> <p>Assumpsit will lie by a client to recover from an attorney the profits received by the defendant from the sale by him of certain property alleged to have been purchased and held in trust for the plaintiff.</p>