People v. Peoples Trust Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Peoples Trust Company, from a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York, Part Two, rendered against it on the 26th day of January, 1917, convicting it of violating section 280 of the Penal Law.
1Opinion of the Court
Blackmar, J.:
Section 280 of the Penal Law makes it unlawful for a corporation to render or furnish legal advice, to furnish attorneys or counsel, or in any other manner to assume to be entitled to practice law, or to furnish legal advice, services or counsel, or to advertise that either alone, or together with or by or through any person, whether a duly and regularly admitted attorney at law or not, it has, owns, conducts or maintains a law office or an office for the practice of the law, or for furnishing legal advice, services or counsel.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Savings Bank v. WardSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Eley v. MillerIndiana Court of Appeals · 1893
- In re PaceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
- In re Acquiring Title by City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
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- Judd v. City Trust & Savings BankOhio Supreme Court · 1937
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