Matter of Kaffenburgh
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered November 14, 1906, removing the appellant herein from his office as an attorney and counselor at law of this state and striking his name from the roll of attorneys. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered November 14, 1906, removing the appellant herein from his office as an attorney and counselor at law of this state and striking his name from the roll of attorneys. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The refusal of Mr. Kaffenburgh to answer questions asked him as a witness, on the ground that the answers thereto might tend to incriminate him, did not constitute professional misconduct. (Matter of Cohen, 115 App. Div. 227.) The facts alleged as to the conduct of…
1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.
These proceedings were instituted upon the petition of The Association of- the Bar of the City of Hew York, who, through its attorney, Howard Taylor,, presented a petition to the Appellate Division of tlie Supreme Court of the first department, charging the defendant with being guilty of malpractice, deceit or crime and gross unprofessional conduct in his office as attorney and counselor at law.
The first charge is, in substance, that he was a clerk in the office of Ilowe & Hummel, a law firm in the city of Hew York, and that upon the trial of Hummel for conspiracy the defendant was called as…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People Ex Rel. Taylor v. . ForbesNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
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