Legal Opinion
Grievance Comm., Bar of New Haven County v. Payne
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 7, 1941PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJennings, J.
The question to be decided is whether the preparation and delivery of certificates of title by the defendant, town clerk of Meriden and not an attorney at law, constituted the practice of law within the meaning of General Statutes, Cum. Sup. 1939, § 1381e. This statute and the pertinent part of Gen eral Statutes, Cum. Sup. 1939, § 1231e, relied on by the defendant, are printed below. 1
The facts found are not in dispute. The defendant has not been admitted to the practice of law. She has been town clerk of Meriden for eighteen years. For at least ten years she has searched records, including…
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