Bacon v. Mitchell
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, McHenry county; Palda, J. Action by J. D. Bacon against Robert Mitchell and Charles Mitchell. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. An attorney cannot delegate his authority or substitute another attorney in his place.
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Appeal from District Court, McHenry county; Palda, J. Action by J. D. Bacon against Robert Mitchell and Charles Mitchell. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. An attorney cannot delegate his authority or substitute another attorney in his place. Johnson v. Cunningham, 1 Ala. 249; Hitchcock v. McGehee, 7 Port. 556; Hendry et al. v. Benlisa, 37 Fla. 609, 34 L. R. A. 283; Morgan v. Roberts, 38 111. 65; Porter v. Elizalde, 57 Pac. 899; Cornelius v. Wash, 1 111. 98, 12 Am. Dec. 145; Crotty et al. v. Eagle, 35 W. Va. 143, 13 S. E. 59; Buckley v. Buckley, 18 N. Y. S. 607; Clegg v.…
1Opinion of the CourtYoung, J.
Action upon a promissory note. Issue was joined toy service of answer November 27, 1901. In March, 1903, 'by leave of court, an amended answer was served. The case came on for trial regularly before a jury at Towner, McHenry county, at a regular term of the district court of that county, on June 27, 1903. At the request of C. J. Murphy, an attorney at law, residing in the city of Grand Forks, who was plaintiff’s attorney of record, one A. M. Christianson, an attorney, residing in Towner, appeared and conducted the trial for plaintiff. After introducing considerable* evidence, both oral and…
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