McCloskey v. Tobin
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OP CRIMINAL APPEALS OP .THE STATE OP TEXAS. The case is stated in the opinion.-
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the. court.
Article 421 of.the Penal Code of Texas defined,, with much detail, the offence of barratry. In McCloskey v. San Antonio Traction Co., 192 S. W. Rep. 1116 (Texas), a decree for an injunction restraining the plaintiff in error from pursuing the practice of fomenting and adjusting claims was reversed on the ground that this section had superseded the common law offence of barratry and that by the Code “only an attorney at law is forbidden to solicit employment in any suit himself or by an agent.” Article 421 was then amended (Act of March…
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