Royall v. Virginia
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the supreme court of appeals of the state of VIRGINIA. The plaintiff in error was convicted, in the Hustings Court of tbe City of Richmond, of the misdemeanor under the laws of Virginia of practising law as a lawyer without having first obtained a license so to do from the commissioner of the revenue.
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ERROR to the supreme court of appeals of the state of VIRGINIA. The plaintiff in error was convicted, in the Hustings Court of tbe City of Richmond, of the misdemeanor under the laws of Virginia of practising law as a lawyer without having first obtained a license so to do from the commissioner of the revenue. To the information the plaintiff in error filed the following plea: “ And for a plea in this behalf the said William L. Royall comes and says that he is an attorney-at-law, duly licensed and qualified to practise law in the courts of the State of Virginia, under the laws of said State,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews
After stating the facts as reported above he continued:
The Virginia Code of 1873, Title 12, ch. xxxiv, § 60, provides that “no person shall, without a license authorized by law,, practice as an attorney at law; ” and § 61, that “ every attorney at law, in addition to being licensed, sworn and admitted to prosecute or defend actions or other proceedings in the courts of this commonwealth, on the retainer of clients, shall obtain a revenue license, and no person shall act as attorney-at-law, or practise law in the courts of this commonwealth, without a separate revenue license.” This revenue…
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