Marquam v. Vachon’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “The relationship of attorney and client rests upon such confidential and personal elements that it is wise that dissolution may be had at the will of the client, and the decisions go to the extent of holding that the right of the client to dismiss the attorney, whether with or without cause and at any time, is an implied condition of the contract of employment. 2 R.C.L. 957. Therefore dismissal of the attorney, arbitrarily or without cause, does not constitute a breach.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Winston's Will

2. “A contract by which an attorney is employed is of a character which distinguishes it from most contracts of employment. The distinction has recently been commented upon in Martin v. Camp, 219 N.Y. 170 , 114 N.E. 46 , L.R.A. 1917F, 402 , where the New York Court of Appeals, after citing earlier cases in unanimous opinion, said:”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Winston's Will