Legal Opinion

In re Silkman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1903PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Hearing upon the return of an order to show cause, issued out of the Appellate Division, second judicial department, directing Theodore H. Silkman, surrogate of the county of Westchester, to show cause why an order should not be made suspending him from the practice of the law during the continuance of his term of office as surrogate.

1Opinion of the Court

Hirschberg, J.:

This proceeding was instituted by Mi*. James M. Hunt, an attorney and counselor of the Supreme Oourt, by the presentation of. verified charges against the Hon. Theodore H. Silkman, surrogate of the county of Westchester, accusing him, in the precise language, of the charges, of “ practicing as an attorney and counsellor at law in the Supreme Court, Westchester county, and before this Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, said Supreme Court being a *103court of record of this State, in violation of the provisions of section'20 of article VI of the Constitution of this State, and…

2Cited by23 opinions

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