People v. . Title Guarantee Trust Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, entered December 14, 1917, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the city of New York convicting the defendant of a violation of section 280 of the Penal Law by practicing law without a license. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, entered December 14, 1917, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the city of New York convicting the defendant of a violation of section 280 of the Penal Law by practicing law without a license. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The filling out and delivery of blank forms of bill of sale and chattel mortgage in the circumstances of this case did not constitute practicing law within the prohibition of section 280 of the Penal Law. (Matter of…
1Opinion of the Court
The appellant, originally incorporated under another name, was authorized "to guarantee bonds and mortgages and titles to real estate;" and "to make and cause to be made and to purchase and to pay for all such searches, abstracts, indices, maps and copies of records as the trustees thereof may deem necessary," and for a long time has been engaged in the prosecution of this business.
It has been convicted of a violation of section 280 of the Penal Law prohibiting the practice of law and rendition of legal services by a corporation and of which section the presently material provisions read as…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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