Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Alabama State Bar Association, Volume 35, Part 1912State Printers, 1912 - Bar associations |
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... young practitioner in the formative period of his professional career to adhere to high standards and to follow that inspiring advice : " Keep your wagon hitch- ed to a star . " 1 The annual meetings of the Association have especially ...
... young practitioner in the formative period of his professional career to adhere to high standards and to follow that inspiring advice : " Keep your wagon hitch- ed to a star . " 1 The annual meetings of the Association have especially ...
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... young man , in his paper , has come just about as near representing my ideas as I could myself . Our Bar Association could do no bet- ter than endorse what he says . I have heard the state- ment that our government consists of three ...
... young man , in his paper , has come just about as near representing my ideas as I could myself . Our Bar Association could do no bet- ter than endorse what he says . I have heard the state- ment that our government consists of three ...
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... young man , we want an independent judiciary . He ought to have it to his heart's content . They ought to be more independent than any other offi- cer . The great judge would not only be independent , but would feel his responsibility ...
... young man , we want an independent judiciary . He ought to have it to his heart's content . They ought to be more independent than any other offi- cer . The great judge would not only be independent , but would feel his responsibility ...
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... young gentleman was delightful . When he was reading about the profession , I looked around and thought , perchance , I had dropped into a den of thieves . Then I bethought me , that for a few years I had sat upon a grand jury of ...
... young gentleman was delightful . When he was reading about the profession , I looked around and thought , perchance , I had dropped into a den of thieves . Then I bethought me , that for a few years I had sat upon a grand jury of ...
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... young man in the flush of young manhood , of undaunted courage , come up and clutch the monster error by the throat and seek to bear a right of opinion to a loftier seat , he deserves applause . Nor do I agree with everything that my ...
... young man in the flush of young manhood , of undaunted courage , come up and clutch the monster error by the throat and seek to bear a right of opinion to a loftier seat , he deserves applause . Nor do I agree with everything that my ...
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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.