Smith v. Mehaffy

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “A breach of the duty of undivided loyalty occurs when [the agent] obtains a personal advantage in dealing with a [beneficiary] or ... creates circumstances that adversely affect the [beneficiary’s] interests.”
• “A breach of the [attorney’s] duty of undivided loyalty occurs when an attorney obtains a personal advantage in dealing with a client, or when the attorney creates circumstances that adversely affect the client’s interests.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).