Dickson v. Wright

Citations

• 52 Miss. 585

Syllabus

<p>X Attorney and Client : Authority of former cannot be delegated.</p> <p>The relationship of attorney and client is one of trust and confidence, and is protected against abuses on the part of the former by very harsh and peremptory remedies. The authority of the attorney cannot ordinarily he delegated to another, towards whom the client has not extended this trust, and ,, against whom he cannot invoke these remedies. If a debtor make payment of his debt to an agent of the attorney, known by him to be such, and who has not at the time the evidence of indebtedness in possession, such payment will be invalid against the demand of the owner of the claim.</p> <p>2. Same : Case in ¡judgment.</p> <p>It was agreed, between attorneys holding note for collection and the debtor, that the latter should hand the amount due to a mutual friend, who was not intrusted with the rioter The money was so paid by the debtor, but never reached the attorney. Held,- that the payment was invalid, and the proof of the payment made to a mutual friend was inadmissible.</p>