Hittson v. Browne
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from District Court of Arapahoe County. The bill in this case states that complainants, as copartners^ as Browne & Putnam, on the 21st of April, 1873, as attorneys, were retained by one Polly A. Shortridge to collect a promissory note signed by James Patterson, payable to one G-. W. Arnold, for the sum of $1,000 ; that in pursuance of such retainer, they brought a suit in the probate court of Arapahoe county, and that at the June term, 1873, a judgment was rendered in…
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Appeal from District Court of Arapahoe County. The bill in this case states that complainants, as copartners^ as Browne & Putnam, on the 21st of April, 1873, as attorneys, were retained by one Polly A. Shortridge to collect a promissory note signed by James Patterson, payable to one G-. W. Arnold, for the sum of $1,000 ; that in pursuance of such retainer, they brought a suit in the probate court of Arapahoe county, and that at the June term, 1873, a judgment was rendered in favor of said payee for the use of said Shortridge, for $466.72 and costs. That on the 25th of June, 1873, defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtThatcher, C. J.
The law is jealous of her votaries. Her chosen priests alone are permitted to enter her solemn temple, and minister at her sacred altars. Without her sanction, courts should not recognize the right of any one to appear and prosecute or defend causes which necessarily *308relate to so many of the varied and complex concerns of life, from the highest and most important, to the lowest and least significant. A lawyer, duly accredited, holds a station among men that stimulates him to a strict and honest performance of his imperious duties.. The pride and dignity of character inspired by the high and…
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