Commonwealth ex rel. Brackenridge v. Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
THIS was a motion for a rule to shew cause why a mandamus should not be issued against the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county, commanding them to proceed to the examination of Alexander Brackenridge, and if found competent, to admit him to practise as an attorney of their court. . p f ^ * 1 T The motion was founded on a petition, setting forth the following facts: ( ’ The relator had applied for admission as an attorney of the Court of Common Pleas,…
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THIS was a motion for a rule to shew cause why a mandamus should not be issued against the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county, commanding them to proceed to the examination of Alexander Brackenridge, and if found competent, to admit him to practise as an attorney of their court. . p f ^ * 1 T The motion was founded on a petition, setting forth the following facts: ( ’ The relator had applied for admission as an attorney of the Court of Common Pleas, under a rule of that court, which requires that the applicant “ shall have served a regular clerk- “ ship within this…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
Alexander Brackenridge, Esq. has ap» plied' to this Court for a mandamus to the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county, commanding the judges of the said court to proceed to an examination of the learning in the law of the said Alexander, and in case he shall be found to be of sufficient learning, to admit him as an attorney of the said court. It appears, by the record produced to us, that Mr. Brackenridge applied to the Court of Common Pleas for admission as an attorney, but the court declined proceeding to an examination of his legal abilities, because he had riot complied…
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