Reese's Estate

Citations

• 41 Pa. Super. 72
• 1909 Pa. Super. LEXIS 14

Syllabus

<p>Attorney at law — Professional conduct — Interference with order of support — Assignment of interest in estate.</p> <p>An attorney at law with knowledge of an order of support against his client and of arrearages of payment thereon, loaned his client money from time to time without attempting to control its application, and subsequently took an assignment of the latter’s interest in an estate in payment of or to secure payment of the indebtedness thus incurred. Held, that the acts of the attorney did not amount to a breach of professional duty, or an unlawful interference with the execution of the order of support, or warrant an inference of fraud on his part to defeat the claim of client’s wife.</p>