In re Davies
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1880, No. 61. In the court below this was a rule to show cause why Samuel Davies, a member of the bar, should not be stricken from the list of attorneys.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1880, No. 61. In the court below this was a rule to show cause why Samuel Davies, a member of the bar, should not be stricken from the list of attorneys. The facts as disclosed by the testimony and exhibits and as stated by the court below were as follows: Some time in the month of March 1878, the respondent obtained a bond from the Guarantee Trust Company for Cornelia Curtiss, who had employed him professionally for that purpose. It should have been delivered to her forthwith, but instead of performing his…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur
An attorney-at-law sustains an important relation in the administration of justice. He possesses certain powers and privileges from which others are excluded, and assumes important duties and obligations towards both court and client. He is an officer of the former, and a representative of the latter. Ilis position is so responsible, his opportunities for good and for evil are so many that both statute and common law have united in throwing all reasonable safeguards around his conduct. Before he can be admitted to the bar, the Act of Assembly requires him to take an oath or affirmation, inter…
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