Matter of Goodman
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered January 11,1910, suspending the appellant herein from practice as an attorney in the courts of this state for the period of two years. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The proceedings below are appealable to and reviewable by this court.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered January 11,1910, suspending the appellant herein from practice as an attorney in the courts of this state for the period of two years. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The proceedings below are appealable to and reviewable by this court. (Matter of an Attorney, 83 N. Y. 165; Matter of Spencer, N. Y. L. J., Apr. 1, 1910; Matter of Eldridge, 82 N. Y. 161.) The findings of the referee amply warrant the order of the Appellate Division. (Matter of Clark, 184 N.…
1Opinion of the CourtWerner, J.
The appellant was admitted to the Bar in the 'city of New York in the year 1902. Scarcely a year later he figured in a series of transactions which led to this proceed ing for his disbarment. The substance of the charges against the appellant is that he was guilty of fraud, malpractice and unprofessional conduct in using false answers upon motions to open two judgments taken against his clients by default, upon complaints which were known to him to he true; in interposing false answers on behalf of his clients in subsequent actions brought by the judgment creditor in the judgments mentioned…
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