 | Bar Association of the State of Kansas - Bar associations - 1908 - 770 pages
...of Lawyer as Witness for His Client. When a lawyer is a witness for his client, except as to merely formal matters, such as the attestation or custody...instrument and the like, he should leave the trial of the case to other counsel. Except when essential to the ends of justice, a lawyer should avoid testifying... | |
 | Missouri Bar Association - Bar associations - 1923 - 226 pages
...is not excusable on the ground that it is what the client would say if speaking in his own behalf. such as the attestation or custody of an instrument and the like, he should leave the trial of the case to other counsel. Except when essential to the ends of justice, a lawyer should avoid testifying... | |
 | American Bar Association - Law - 1907 - 1246 pages
...codes of any other states. 21. Where Attorney Becomes Witness for his Client. — When an attorney is a witness for his client except as to formal matters,...like, he should leave the trial of the cause to other counse1. Except when essential to the ends of justice, an attorney should scrupulously avoid testifying... | |
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When a lawyer is a witness for his client, except as to merely formal matters, such as the attestation or custody of an instrument and the like, he should leave the trial of the case to other counsel. Except when essential to the ends of justice, a lawyer... 
