Report of the First[-thirty-first] Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association, Volume 16Virginia State Bar Association, 1903 - Bar associations |
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... President of the Asso- ciation , then read his address . ( See Appendix . ) Mr. S. S. P. Patteson , of Richmond : Mr. President , before we go on with the regular order of business , I would like to be allowed to make a motion . The ...
... President of the Asso- ciation , then read his address . ( See Appendix . ) Mr. S. S. P. Patteson , of Richmond : Mr. President , before we go on with the regular order of business , I would like to be allowed to make a motion . The ...
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... President : The report of the Secretary and Treasurer is next in order . Mr. Eugene C. Massie , of Richmond , Secretary and Treasurer : Mr. President and Gentlemen : I shall only give a brief sum- mary of my formal reports , which will ...
... President : The report of the Secretary and Treasurer is next in order . Mr. Eugene C. Massie , of Richmond , Secretary and Treasurer : Mr. President and Gentlemen : I shall only give a brief sum- mary of my formal reports , which will ...
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... President , I move that the sketch be received and the thanks of the Association be returned to the family of the donor . Carried unanimously . The President : We will now hear the report of the Executive Committee . Mr. A. W. Patterson ...
... President , I move that the sketch be received and the thanks of the Association be returned to the family of the donor . Carried unanimously . The President : We will now hear the report of the Executive Committee . Mr. A. W. Patterson ...
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... President : I wish to announce that Mr. S. S. P. Patteson , Mr. S. V. Fulkerson and Mr. J. T. McAllister are appointed to act with the Executive Committee on the subject of the enter- tainment of the American Bar Association . Next in ...
... President : I wish to announce that Mr. S. S. P. Patteson , Mr. S. V. Fulkerson and Mr. J. T. McAllister are appointed to act with the Executive Committee on the subject of the enter- tainment of the American Bar Association . Next in ...
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... President : Ladies and Gentlemen : There is a proverb that the men of the mountains are always free . I am fain to attribute the selection of the topic of the address of my scholarly and accomplished friend , Mr. Bullitt , to the fact ...
... President : Ladies and Gentlemen : There is a proverb that the men of the mountains are always free . I am fain to attribute the selection of the topic of the address of my scholarly and accomplished friend , Mr. Bullitt , to the fact ...
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Page 390 - ... 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 205 - Evolution is an integration of matter and concomitant dissipation of motion ; during which the matter passes from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity ; and during •which the retained motion undergoes a parallel transformation.
Page 251 - I barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in — as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks.
Page 388 - 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 389 - A lawyer openly, and in his true character may render professional services before legislative or other bodies, regarding proposed legislation and in advocacy of claims before departments of government, upon the same principles of ethics which justify his appearance before the Courts...
Page 318 - Two tellers shall be previously appointed on the part of the Senate and two on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate, all the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes...
Page 140 - Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present at any meeting of the Association...
Page 191 - State courts have concurrent jurisdiction in all cases arising under the constitution, laws and treaties of the United States...
Page 386 - 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 280 - tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door ; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve : ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man.