Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Alabama State Bar Association, Volume 36The Association, 1913 - Bar associations |
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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 Mobile 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 155 - 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 116 - 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 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 - 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 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.
Page 159 - ... 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 112 - If the insufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict or finding, in fact or law. Is assigned, the statement shall contain a condensed recital of the evidence in narrative form so as to present the substance clearly and concisely.