Irby v. Cage, Drew & Co.
Citations
- 121 La. 615
- 40 So. 670
- 1908 La. LEXIS 726
Syllabus
<p>Joint Adventures — Rights or Parties.</p> <p>The loss should fall on the party who assumed the risks and would have reaped the profits of a commercial transaction, rather than on the party whose interest in the venture was confined to a reimbursement of his advances, and who held the legal title only for the purposes of security.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 29, Joint Adventures, § 4.]</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>
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- denying summary judgment for attorney where there was “a genuine dispute as to whether [the law firm’s] conduct fell within the range of ‘reasonable courses of action’ that would immunize it from malpractice liability” (citation omitted)
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