Section 15-19-17. Effect of advice of counsel on client's liability; redress


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  •    Clients shall not be relieved from their liability for damages and penalties imposed by law on the ground that they acted under the advice of their counsel but are entitled to redress from their counsel for unskillful advice.
Orig. Code 1863, § 384; Code 1868, § 445; Code 1873, § 410; Code 1882, § 410; Civil Code 1895, § 4420; Civil Code 1910, § 4958; Code 1933, § 9-607.