Gearhart v. Etheridge

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding “[a]ll communications between the joint clients and the accountant are privileged as to all outside parties, but the privilege does not exist between the principles involved.”
• noting that the purpose of the privilege is to ensure an atmosphere where the client will transmit all relevant information to the accountant without fear of future disclosure, thereby enabling the accountant to adequately perform his or her services
• “If two or more persons jointly consult an attorney for the purpose of having him prepare a deed or contract for them, the communications which either makes to the attorney are not privileged in the event of any subsequent litigation between the parties.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).