In re Eaton
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On an order to show cause why Robert L. Eaton should not be adjudged guilty of malpractice as a solicitor of the court of chancery and be put out of the roll of solicitors and be suspended from practicing as solicitor, or to be otherwise disciplined and punished.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, V. C.
Robert L. Eaton is charged with malpractice as a solicitor of the court of chancery. The evidence, which is convincing, is that the solicitor, while practicing in the city of Elizabeth, this state, was consulted on or about the middle of February, 1913, by Anna Williams, for the purpose of obtaining a divorce from her husband, Theodore Williams. She furnished the solicitor with the facts in her possession regarding the case, and he thereupon advised her that she was entitled to receive a decree of divorce and agreed to act as her solicitor and prosecute for her. Subsequently, lie…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Co. v. CavanaghSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1912