Hays v. Ewing

Citations

• 70 Cal. 127
• 11 P. 602
• 1886 Cal. LEXIS 740

Syllabus

<p>Attorney—Negligence—Action to Recover for—Statute of Limitations. — Under section 339 of the Code of Civil Procedure, a cause of action against an attorney for neglect of duty in the management of an action is barred at the expiration of two years after the neglect occurred.</p> <p>Id. —Omission to Take Useless Appeal. —It is not a neglect ot duty for an attorney to omit to take an appeal on behalf of his client from a judgment rendered against him, if such appeal could not have availed the client.</p>