Nanos v. Harrison

Mr. Goldner, who must have known that he would be a necessary and an important witness in the case for the plaintiffs, continued to act as counsel and sole counsel for the plaintiffs, and secured from defendant’s counsel a stipulation that his written statement might be admitted in evidence, and that the right to cross-examine him should be waived. The statement was subsequently admitted in evidence. Defendant’s counsel should not have made this stipulation, and the trial court should not have permitted Mr. Goldner to continue to act as counsel and witness in the case.' The course taken was…