Bryant's Case
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Petition, addressed to the court of common pleas, for the suspension or removal from office of John S. Bryant, an attorney, admitted to practice under the provisions of section 7, chap. 177, of the Revised Statutes.
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Petition, addressed to the court of common pleas, for the suspension or removal from office of John S. Bryant, an attorney, admitted to practice under the provisions of section 7, chap. 177, of the Revised Statutes. It was alleged in the petition that at the October term, 1848, of the court of common pleas for this county, an action was pending in favor of William P. P. Pollard against Alexander Pollard, and also an action in favor of the same plaintiff against the defendant and Vianna Pollard, his wife, in which action C. R. Morrison, Esq., appeared for the defendant for the purpose of…
1Opinion of the CourtGilchrist, C. J.
It is provided by § 7, chap. 177, Rev. Stat., that “ if an attorney shall be charged with any fraud or malpractice, or any contempt of court, the court shall inquire into such offence in a summary manner, and if found guilty he shall be suspended or removed from office.” This provision we have been unable to find in the edition of the laws published in 1830, or in any of those published before that time. The reason *153of this is probably to be found in the alteration of the laws made by the second section of the same chapter, which enacts that “ any citizen of the age of twenty-one years, of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Town of Alton v. Town of GilmantonSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1823
- Blaisdell v. LaddSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1843
- Webb v. SteeleSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1842
- Smith v. BowenNew York Supreme Court · 1829
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- R.I. Bar Asso. v. Auto. Service Asso.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1935
- Beliveau v. Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1894
- Richmond v. New Hampshire Supreme Court Committee on Professional ConductCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2008
- In Re New Hampshire Bar Ass'nSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1970
- Bilodeau v. AntalSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1983
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