Legal Opinion

In re the Oath to be taken by Attorneys & Counsellors of the National Courts

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 31, 1866Published

Motion. In the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of Georgia. Decided by Judge Eesexme. At Savannah. May Term, 1866.

1Opinion of the Court

The facts will be sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court as delivered by—

Erskine, J.

William Law, Esquire, produced in Court satisfactory proof that in the year 1811, he was, by the Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the District of Georgia, duly admitted to practice as an attorney, proctor, solicitor, advocate and counsellor at the bar of said Courts, respectively; that he has been, since the year 1859, hitherto, attorney or proctor of record in the case of Finigan et. al. vs. The Ship Parliament — a cause now depending on the *286Admiralty side of this Court; that he…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Calder v. BullSupreme Court of the United States · 1798
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  3. Den Ex Dem. Murray v. Hoboken Land & Improvement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1856
  4. Ex Parte WellsSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
  5. Cochran v. Van SurlayNew York Supreme Court · 1838

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