Legal Opinion

Metropolitan Street Railway Co. v. Oppenheim

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

Decided July 1, 1901PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Motion by the petitioner, the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, to confirm the report of the referee in a proceeding instituted for the disbarment of Benjamin Oppenheim, an attorney and counselor at law.

1Opinion of the Court

Ingraham, J.:

A very thorough examination of the testimony before the referee has led me to the'- conclusion that the charges áre fully sustained. No one can read this testimony, with the explanation given by the person against whom the charges are made, without being convinced that the testimony of the two witnesses, McDonnell and Langstaff, given on the trial of the action, was false; that the respondent knew *511that it was false; that he induced these two witnesses to testify falsely, and that he endeavored to persuade other people who had not seen the accident to testify in favor of the…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. In re HardenbrookAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
  2. Tennessee Bar Association v. BerkeCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1960
  3. In re OppenheimAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
  4. Nugent v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
  5. Thacker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970

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