Smith v. Andrews

Crawford, Justice.

Section 339 of the Code is in the following language: “ No ordinary shall engage, directly or indirectly, in the practice of law in his own, or in the name of another, as a partner, open or silent, or otherwise, in any cause or proceeding in his own court, or in another court of which his own court has, or has had or may have jurisdiction.”

The questions made by the record in this case arise out of the construction of the foregoing statute.

The ordinary of Crawford county being a practicing attorney at law, as such attorney' brought suit upon an administrator’s bond in the…