Schwab v. Cohen

The special duty of counsel is to render aid to the parties and to the court, and the privilege of counsel is accorded to parties as a right in all judicial con-troversies. Cooley on Const. Lim., 330; Weeks on Attorneys, § 184; Constitution of N. Y., art. 1, § 6, 55 N. Y., 31.

How far this rule extends to witnesses examined under supplementary proceedings is the question presented by the present motion. The examination of witnesses in these proceedings is often taken for the sole purpose of obtaining information on which to found an action by the receiver to be appointed or to file a…