Adamietz v. Pontiff

The issue presented • in this mandamus proceeding is the same as in the case of Levi Brown v. Treville Guillot (No. 23809) ante, p. 46, 83 South. 373, decided today.

The district judge refuses to entertain a motion for judgment by default, filed by an attorney in fact for relator, as plaintiff in the suit. The reason assigned by the judge for refusing to allow the attorney in fact to appear in court and plead for the plaintiff in the suit is that the judge believes that the attorney in fact is practicing as an attorney at law, without having obtained a license therefor.

For the reasons assigned…