Commonwealth v. Grant
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint, received and sworn to in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston on March 21,1908, alleging that the defendant, “ not having been admitted to practise as an attorney and counsellor at law in accordance with ” R. L. c. 165, “ did, by means of a certain letter-head, represent himself to be an attorney and counsellor at law, and lawfully qualified to practise in the courts of said Commonwealth; which said letter-bead is of the tenor following, that is to say: “…
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Complaint, received and sworn to in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston on March 21,1908, alleging that the defendant, “ not having been admitted to practise as an attorney and counsellor at law in accordance with ” R. L. c. 165, “ did, by means of a certain letter-head, represent himself to be an attorney and counsellor at law, and lawfully qualified to practise in the courts of said Commonwealth; which said letter-bead is of the tenor following, that is to say: “ Law, Collections & Adjustments. Claims Collected by Suit or Demand Everywhere. Special Attention Given to Accident Claims…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
This was a complaint charging that the defendant did by means of a certain letter-head represent himself to be an attorney and counsellor at law and lawfully qualified to practise in the courts of this Commonwealth, he not having been admitted to practise as an attorney and counsellor at law in accordance with the provisions of E. L. c. 165. The defendant was found guilty at the trial in the Superior Court, to which he had appealed from the finding against him in the Municipal Court, where the complaint was brought, and the case is here on exceptions by the defendant to the refusal of the…
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