Johnston v. McCain

Citations

• 145 Pa. 531
• 22 A. 979
• 1891 Pa. LEXIS 690

Syllabus

<p>1. When an attorney, employed to take possession of a number of properties, to rent them until sold, to make sale of them and to collect all rents and purchase money, paying taxes and expenses out of the moneys so received, dies before completing his engagement, the statute of limitations runs against his liability to account only from his death.</p> <p>2. In an action of account-render, by the principal against the executor of the attorney, then deceased, a statement of the attorney’s accounts relating to the business, in his own handwriting, is admissible for the plaintiff; and it is unnecessary that it be shown to have been communicated by the attorney to the plaintiff or his agent.</p>