Philbrook v. Newman
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California
This was an action at law by Horace W. Philbrook against William J. .Newman and others to recover damages for conspiring to have plaintiff disbarred from practicing in the courts of California.
1Opinion of the Court
KNOWLES, District Judge (orally).
This is an action on the part of plaintiff for damages claimed to have been sustained by him because of his wrongful disbarment by the supreme court of California. It is charged that the defendants conspired and wrongfully procured said judgment. Many adjectives are used to describe what are alleged to be the wrongful acts complained of. These adjectives add nothing to the pleading presented. Facts, and not adjectives, are the essential matters in code pleading.
The defendants Hayne and Fitzgerald are charged with the others in conspiring to have plaintiff…
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