Houghton v. Clarke
Citations
- 80 Cal. 417
- 22 P. 288
- 1889 Cal. LEXIS 932
Syllabus
<p>Contract — Refusal to Perform—Prevention.—If attorneys having a contract for a contingent fee refuse to go on with the litigation without an agreement for additional compensation, the client may compromise it without further communication with them; and this does not constitute prevention of performance.</p> <p>Practice — Appellant must Show Error.—If a question does not itself indicate whether the answer would be material or not, and there is no offer to prove the facts sought to be elicited, it is not a material error to exclude the question.</p>
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- trial counsel’s failure to exclude cumulative evidence cannot support a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel
- trial counsel’s failure to exclude cumulative evidence cannot support a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel
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Judges: Hayne
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