Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Alabama State Bar Association, Volume 36, Part 1913State Printers, 1913 - Bar associations |
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... amendments to the Constitution and By - Laws , and recommend that the Association adopt them . They are as follows : Amend Article II of the Constitution so as to make it read as follows : Any white member of the legal profession who is ...
... amendments to the Constitution and By - Laws , and recommend that the Association adopt them . They are as follows : Amend Article II of the Constitution so as to make it read as follows : Any white member of the legal profession who is ...
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... Amend Article III of the Constitution by striking out the con- cluding paragraph and insert in lieu thereof the following : They shall hold office from the adjournment of the meeting at which they are elected . Add the following ...
... Amend Article III of the Constitution by striking out the con- cluding paragraph and insert in lieu thereof the following : They shall hold office from the adjournment of the meeting at which they are elected . Add the following ...
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... amend the Constitution . Judge Garrison : Shall we take them up one by one ? The Secretary : I think that course ... amendment . Mr. Godbold : There is one which limits any member to speaking more than twice on one subject ; I think that ...
... amend the Constitution . Judge Garrison : Shall we take them up one by one ? The Secretary : I think that course ... amendment . Mr. Godbold : There is one which limits any member to speaking more than twice on one subject ; I think that ...
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... amendment . The Secretary : I did not think you could understand it very well without reading the Article as it is now . Amend , so as to read as fol- lows : " Any white member of the legal profession who is a member of the Bar of the ...
... amendment . The Secretary : I did not think you could understand it very well without reading the Article as it is now . Amend , so as to read as fol- lows : " Any white member of the legal profession who is a member of the Bar of the ...
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... amendment suggested : " They shall have power to reinstate a member who has been dropped from the roll for the non - payment of dues , upon the payment of such back dues as the Committee shall think equitable . ” Add By - Law XIX . " No ...
... amendment suggested : " They shall have power to reinstate a member who has been dropped from the roll for the non - payment of dues , upon the payment of such back dues as the Committee shall think equitable . ” Add By - Law XIX . " No ...
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act requiring admission adopted Alabama State Bar amended American Bar Association Anniston annual meeting appointed Asso attorney Bar Association bill of exceptions Birmingham Birmingham Brickell brief cause Central Council Chairman charge Circuit Court clerk client Code Committee on Legislation Common Law copy counsel Court of Appeals criminal David Clopton Demopolis duty E. P. Morrissett elected EMMET O'NEAL enactment error examination Executive Committee filed Fort Morgan Goodwater graduates H. C. Semple HANNIS TAYLOR Huntsville John London Jones Judge judgment judicial July jury justice Law School lawyers matter ment Montgomery Montgomery motion was carried move order of business party person pleading practice present procedure proceedings profession Reese Reform resolution S. D. Weakley Secretary and Treasurer Selma statute Supreme Court thereof Thos tion transcript trial court Troy Tuscaloosa Tuscumbia Vice Presidents W. L. Bragg W. S. Thorington Watts
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Page 87 - That no judgment shall be set aside or reversed or new trial granted by any court of the United States in any case, civil or criminal, on the ground of misdirection of the jury or the improper admission or rejection of evidence, or for error as to any matter of pleading or procedure, unless, in the opinion of the court to which application is made, after an examination of the entire cause, it shall appear that the error complained of has injuriously affected the substantial rights of the parties.
Page 153 - 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 155 - Go in Supporting a Client's Cause. Nothing operates more certainly to create or to foster popular prejudice against lawyers as a class, and to deprive the profession of that full measure of public esteem and confidence which belongs to the proper discharge of its duties than does the false claim, often set up by the unscrupulous in defense of questionable transactions, that it is the duty of the lawyer to do whatever may enable him to succeed in winning his client's cause.
Page 156 - Lawyers should expose without fear or favor before the proper tribunals corrupt or dishonest conduct in the profession, and should accept without hesitation employment against a member of the Bar who has wronged his client. The counsel upon the trial of a cause in which perjury has been committed owe it to the profession and to the public to bring the matter to the knowledge of the prosecuting authorities.
Page 129 - New times demand new measures and new men ; The world advances, and in time outgrows The laws that in our fathers' day were best; And, doubtless, after us, some purer scheme Will be shaped out by wiser men than we, Made wiser by the steady growth of truth.
Page 164 - When Counsel for an Indigent Prisoner. A lawyer assigned as counsel for an indigent prisoner ought not to ask to be excused for any trivial reason, and should always exert his best efforts in his behalf.
Page 129 - The time is ripe, and rotten-ripe, for change ; Then let it come : I have no dread of what Is called for by the instinct of mankind ; Nor think I that God's world will fall apart Because we tear a parchment more or less.
Page 159 - ... 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...
Page 156 - A lawyer should not communicate or argue privately with the judge as to the merits of a pending cause, and he deserves rebuke and denunciation for any device or attempt to gain from a judge special personal consideration or favor.
Page 156 - 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.