Heilbroner v. Douglass
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Grayson. Tried below before the Hon. W. T G. Weaver. This suit was brought by Heilbroner in Hay, 1866, for the purpose of enjoining a judgment for $1125, obtained against Mm by Douglass, and also for general relief.
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Error from Grayson. Tried below before the Hon. W. T G. Weaver. This suit was brought by Heilbroner in Hay, 1866, for the purpose of enjoining a judgment for $1125, obtained against Mm by Douglass, and also for general relief. The petition set forth at length a combination and confederation between Douglass and one H. W. King, an attorney-at-law, who was retained by Heilbroner to represent him in a suit brought by Douglass against him; in pursuance of which confederation, King waived service of process on Heilbroner by entering an appearance for him in the suit, and omitted to set up a proper…
1Opinion of the Court
Morrill, C. J .
The duties of an attorney-at-law are comprised in his oath: “ that he will support the constitution of the United States, and of this State; that he will well and honestly demean himself in the practice of the law; and will discharge his duty to his clients to the best of his ability.”
Every person who employs an attorney-at-law to attend to business in the usual avocation of an attorney-at-law, has at least an implied guaranty from the court which licensed the attorney as such, that the attorney will comply with each and all the requirements of his oath, and, more especially, “…
2Cited by1 opinion
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