Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Alabama State Bar Association, Volume 35, Part 1912State Printers, 1912 - Bar associations |
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... favor of the substitute offered by Mr. Fitts , and I hope that it will prevail , not because I am interested in any of the candidates , but I have an interest in the As- sociation . I feel a deep interest in it , I want it to flourish ...
... favor of the substitute offered by Mr. Fitts , and I hope that it will prevail , not because I am interested in any of the candidates , but I have an interest in the As- sociation . I feel a deep interest in it , I want it to flourish ...
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... favor of continuing the nominations by committee in open violation of the By - Laws , and the resolution is to say whether we shall go by the By - Laws , or the old method . Mr. Dixon : The rules were suspended for that very purpose ...
... favor of continuing the nominations by committee in open violation of the By - Laws , and the resolution is to say whether we shall go by the By - Laws , or the old method . Mr. Dixon : The rules were suspended for that very purpose ...
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... favor of an inde- pendent judiciary . Our friend says that he is in favor of an independent judiciary . I believe Mr. E. J. Phelps , a great lawyer , said that our form of government was superior to the English in that the Par- liament ...
... favor of an inde- pendent judiciary . Our friend says that he is in favor of an independent judiciary . I believe Mr. E. J. Phelps , a great lawyer , said that our form of government was superior to the English in that the Par- liament ...
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... favor of embarking the State upon every new and untried experiment simply from a love of novelty . We are not so conservative as to re- fuse to make progress , but that progress must be based upon the fundamental principles of our ...
... favor of embarking the State upon every new and untried experiment simply from a love of novelty . We are not so conservative as to re- fuse to make progress , but that progress must be based upon the fundamental principles of our ...
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... favor of representative government because history tells us that every nation that has ever perished - the republics of Greece and Rome perished - because they never dis- covered the representative principle . Madison and Mar- shall ...
... favor of representative government because history tells us that every nation that has ever perished - the republics of Greece and Rome perished - because they never dis- covered the representative principle . Madison and Mar- shall ...
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Page 140 - I will abstain from all offensive personality, and advance no fact prejudicial to the honor or reputation of a party or witness, unless required by the justice of the cause with which...
Page 333 - Amendment, this court has not failed to recognize the fact that the law is to a certain extent a progressive science; that in some of the states methods of procedure which, at the time the Constitution was adopted, were deemed essential to the protection and safety of the people, or to the liberty of the citizen, have been found to be no longer necessary...
Page 147 - TO CONTROL THE INCIDENTS OF THE TRIAL As to incidental matters pending the trial, not affecting the merits of the cause, or working substantial prejudice to the rights of the client, such as forcing the opposite lawyer to trial when he is under affliction or bereavement; forcing the trial on a particular day to the injury of the opposite lawyer when no harm will result from a trial at a different time; agreeing to an extension...
Page 143 - But it is steadfastly to be borne in mind that the great trust of the lawyer is to be performed within and not without the bounds of the law. The office of attorney does not permit, much less does it demand of him for any client, violation of law or any manner of fraud or chicane. He must obey his own conscience and not that of his client 16.
Page 151 - In fixing fees it should never be forgotten that the profession is a branch of the administration of justice and not a mere moneygetting trade.
Page 148 - The miscarriages to which justice is subject, by reason of surprises and disappointments in evidence and witnesses, and through mistakes of juries and errors of Courts, even though only occasional, admonish lawyers to beware of bold and confident assurances to clients, especially where the employment may depend upon such assurance. Whenever the controversy will admit of fair adjustment, the client should be advised to avoid or to end the litigation.
Page 327 - to regulate commerce . . . among the several States" and "to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper" for the purpose have been considered by this court so often and in such varied connections that some propositions bearing upon the extent and nature of this power have come to be so firmly settled as no longer to be open to dispute, among them being these: 1. The term "commerce" comprehends more than the mere exchange of goods. It embraces commercial intercourse in all its branches, including...
Page 145 - It is disreputable to hunt up defects in titles or other causes of action and inform thereof in order to be employed to bring suit, or to breed litigation by seeking out those with claims for personal injuries or those having any other grounds of action in order to secure them as clients...
Page 147 - ... interrogatories and the like, the lawyer must be allowed to judge. In such matters no client has a right to demand that his counsel shall be illiberal, or that he do anything therein repugnant to his own sense of honor and propriety.
Page 123 - If the defendant pleads guilty, or refuses to answer the accusation, the court must render judgment of conviction against him. If he denies the matters charged, the court must immediately, or at such time as it may appoint, proceed to try the accusation. • 767. The trial must be by a jury, and conducted in all respects in the same manner as the trial of an indictment for a misdemeanor.