Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Bar Association, Volumen21Seeman Printery., 1920 |
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... matter should have our consideration . There should be a change in time of service of some of our standing committees . They cannot do efficient work when changed every year . The burden is upon them to gather in- formation and after ...
... matter should have our consideration . There should be a change in time of service of some of our standing committees . They cannot do efficient work when changed every year . The burden is upon them to gather in- formation and after ...
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... over the courts , it is a grievous mistake . I don't want a judge to preside over the court in which I practice , who has to hear motions , receivership matters , and injunctions at night , 20 TWENTY - FIRST ANNUAL SESSION.
... over the courts , it is a grievous mistake . I don't want a judge to preside over the court in which I practice , who has to hear motions , receivership matters , and injunctions at night , 20 TWENTY - FIRST ANNUAL SESSION.
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North Carolina Bar Association. motions , receivership matters , and injunctions at night , settle cases for Supreme Court before breakfast , attend to his correspondence at noon recess , and preside over the court eight to ten hours a ...
North Carolina Bar Association. motions , receivership matters , and injunctions at night , settle cases for Supreme Court before breakfast , attend to his correspondence at noon recess , and preside over the court eight to ten hours a ...
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... safeguard their rights . What they do object to is a continued agitation of these matters . What we need is to reach an agreement , de- termine what is necessary and frankly and boldly exert our 22 TWENTY - FIRST ANNUAL SESSION.
... safeguard their rights . What they do object to is a continued agitation of these matters . What we need is to reach an agreement , de- termine what is necessary and frankly and boldly exert our 22 TWENTY - FIRST ANNUAL SESSION.
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... matter can claim our attention than this . I suggest a special committee on Courts and Court Procedure be appointed , composed of judges of our courts and active members of this Association , with the re- quest that they make thorough ...
... matter can claim our attention than this . I suggest a special committee on Courts and Court Procedure be appointed , composed of judges of our courts and active members of this Association , with the re- quest that they make thorough ...
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Allen amendment annual meeting applicant appointed Article Asheville Asheville Asheville Aydlett Beaufort Bellamy Bern Buncombe Carolina Bar Association cause Chairman Chapter Charles Charlotte client Committee on Legal Congress Constitution country lawyer County Cumberland Davis death District Judge Dortch Durham duty Edenton elected Elizabeth City Executive Committee Fayetteville Forsyth Frank Frank Nash Gastonia George Goldsboro Greensboro Greenville Guilford Guilford County Hanover Harry Skinner Henderson Hendersonville Henry Hertford County High Point honor James John H Jones Judge Bynum judgment jury Justice Kinston Law Reform Legal Education Legislation and Law Legislature Lenoir Lillington Lumberton Mecklenburg memorial ment military Morehead Murphy Nash North Carolina Bar Pasquotank practice present President profession Raleigh Robeson Rocky Mount Rowan Salisbury Secretary session Statesville Superior Court Supreme Court Tarboro Thomas Settle tion trial vote Wadesboro Walter Washington Waynesville Whiteville William Wilmington Wilson Winborne Winston-Salem
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Página 266 - ... tending to impress upon the client and his undertaking exact compliance with the strictest principles of moral law. He must also observe and advise his client to observe the statute law, though until a statute shall have been construed and interpreted by competent adjudication, he is free and is entitled to advise as to its validity and as to what he conscientiously believes to be its just meaning and extent. But above all a lawyer will find his highest honor in a deserved reputation for fidelity...
Página 101 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
Página 260 - 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. It is improper for a lawyer to assert in argument his personal...
Página 263 - 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...
Página 256 - In America, where the stability of Courts and of all departments of government rests upon the approval of the people, it is peculiarly essential that the system for establishing and dispensing Justice be developed to a high point of efficiency and so maintained that the public shall have absolute confidence in the integrity and impartiality of its administration.
Página 263 - Jury. — All attempts to curry favor with Juries by fawning, flattery or pretended solicitude for their personal comfort are unprofessional. Suggestions of counsel, looking to the comfort or convenience of jurors, and propositions to dispense with argument, should be made to the Court out of the Jury's hearing.
Página 258 - When lawyers jointly associated in a cause cannot agree as to any matter vital to the interest of the client, the conflict of opinion should be frankly stated to him for his final determination.
Página 265 - The lawyer must decline to conduct a civil cause or to make a defense when convinced that it is intended merely to harass or to injure the opposite party or to work oppression or wrong.
Página 264 - It is unprofessional for a lawyer to volunteer advice to bring a lawsuit, except in rare cases where ties of blood, relationship or trust make it his duty to do so. Stirring up strife and litigation is not only unprofessional, but it is indictable at common law. 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...
Página 264 - The most worthy and effective advertisement possible, even for a young lawyer, and especially with his brother lawyers, is the establishment of a well-merited reputation for professional capacity and fidelity to trust.