Bruntsch

The appellant, Dudley D. Sales, a practicing attorney at law in the city and county of San Francisco, was sued by the respondents Herbert D. and Ernest A. Bruntseh, brothers-in-law of the appellant, for profits alleged to have been secretly made by the appellant in a real estate transaction in which it is claimed that appellant acted as agent and attorney for the respondents. Separate suits were filed by respondents, later they were consolidated and a trial was had by the court sitting without a jury, judgment was rendered against appellant in each action and appeals were taken from those judgments.

In the gore block in San Francisco located between Market Street and Eddy Street is a piece of property extending from Market Street to Eddy Street, rectangular in form, which may be said to be owned as follows: The' lot fronting on Market Street is owned one-half by the Cooks and the other half by the Bruntsches, and the lot fronting on Eddy Street is owned by the Luchsingers. The findings are as follows:

The appellant contends that the defendant’s client was his wife, Mrs. Sales, and his obligation as an attorney was to discuss the questions of duty and responsibility with Mrs.…