Report of the First[-thirty-first] Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association, Volume 27Virginia State Bar Association, 1914 - Bar associations |
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... sentenced " to jail " for more than five years , and suffering from tuberculosis . Evidently the word " jail " should be " penitentiary . " Public health is sought to be pro- tected by the testing of dairy cattle to discover ...
... sentenced " to jail " for more than five years , and suffering from tuberculosis . Evidently the word " jail " should be " penitentiary . " Public health is sought to be pro- tected by the testing of dairy cattle to discover ...
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... sentences , assuming the date to be correct , should contain so glaring an anachronism , so egregious a blunder ? And they insist , when General Custis Lee declares , after showing the mistake in the first two sentences , " The first ...
... sentences , assuming the date to be correct , should contain so glaring an anachronism , so egregious a blunder ? And they insist , when General Custis Lee declares , after showing the mistake in the first two sentences , " The first ...
Page 185
... sentences are still impossible . They affirm two things : ( 1 ) " I am just in the act of leaving home for New Mexico " ; and ( 2 ) " My fine old regiment has been ordered to that distant region , and I must hasten to see that they are ...
... sentences are still impossible . They affirm two things : ( 1 ) " I am just in the act of leaving home for New Mexico " ; and ( 2 ) " My fine old regiment has been ordered to that distant region , and I must hasten to see that they are ...
Page 186
... sentences of The Duty Letter , to hasten to Texas , join his " fine old regiment , " and see that the men " are ... sentence of The Duty Letter , where General Lee is made to say , " I have but little to add in reply to your letters of ...
... sentences of The Duty Letter , to hasten to Texas , join his " fine old regiment , " and see that the men " are ... sentence of The Duty Letter , where General Lee is made to say , " I have but little to add in reply to your letters of ...
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... sentences still re- main impossible . And if , to save General Lee from such blun- dering , it is suggested that some copyist made these mistakes , this seems incredible . And if it is suggested that General Lee's letter was correct ...
... sentences still re- main impossible . And if , to save General Lee from such blun- dering , it is suggested that some copyist made these mistakes , this seems incredible . And if it is suggested that General Lee's letter was correct ...
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Page 264 - The Governments of the United States and Great Britain having not only desired, in entering into this convention, to accomplish a particular object, but also to establish a general principle, they hereby agree to extend their protection, by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America...
Page 300 - The lawyer must decline to conduct a civil cause or to make a defense when convinced that it is intended merely to harass or to injure the opposite party or to work oppression or wrong. But otherwise it is his right, and, having accepted retainer, it becomes his duty to insist upon the judgment of the Court as to the legal merits of his client's claim. His appearance in Court should be deemed equivalent to an assertion on his honor that in his opinion his client's case is one proper for judicial...
Page 294 - In the judicial forum the client is entitled to the benefit of any and every remedy and defense that is authorized by the law of the land, and he may expect his lawyer to assert every such remedy or defense.
Page 291 - The obligation to represent the client with undivided fidelity and not to divulge his secrets or confidences forbids also the subsequent acceptance of retainers or employment from others in matters adversely affecting any interest of the client with respect to which confidence has been reposed.
Page 264 - Britain that the parties constructing or owning the same shall impose no other charges or conditions of traffic thereupon than the aforesaid Governments shall approve of as just and equitable; and that the same canals or railways, being open to the citizens and subjects of the United States and Great Britain on equal terms...
Page 295 - A lawyer should always treat adverse witnesses and suitors with fairness and due consideration, and he should never minister to the malevolence or prejudices of a client in the trial or conduct of a cause. The client cannot be made the keeper of the lawyer's conscience in professional matters. He has no right to demand that his counsel shall abuse the opposite party or indulge in offensive personalities. Improper speech is not excusable on the ground that it is what the client would say if speaking...
Page 291 - Interests. — It is the duty of a lawyer at the time of retainer to disclose to the client all the circumstances of his relations to the parties, and any interest in or connection with the controversy, which might influence the client in the selection of counsel.
Page 294 - Controversies with clients concerning compensation are to be avoided by the lawyer so far as shall be compatible with his self-respect and with his right to receive reasonable recompense for his services ; and lawsuits with clients should be resorted to only to prevent injustice, imposition or fraud.
Page 300 - No lawyer is obliged to act either as adviser or advocate for every person who may wish to become his client. He has the right to decline employment.
Page 293 - Fixing the Amount of the Fee. — In fixing fees, lawyers should avoid charges which overestimate their advice and services, as well as those which undervalue them. A client's ability to pay cannot justify a charge in excess of the value of the service, though his poverty may require a less charge, or even none at all.