In re the Administration ofGoods, Chattels & Credits that Were of Holland
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Frederick F. Pruyn, as committee of the person and property of De Witt G, Holland, an incompetent person, from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Warren, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the-4th day of September, 1905, denying the appellant’s application for leave to open and vacate two decrees of said Surrogate’s Court, one dated June 21, 1904, and the other dated March 1, 1905, each purporting to settle the account of Henry A. Howard, as…
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Appeal by Frederick F. Pruyn, as committee of the person and property of De Witt G, Holland, an incompetent person, from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Warren, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the-4th day of September, 1905, denying the appellant’s application for leave to open and vacate two decrees of said Surrogate’s Court, one dated June 21, 1904, and the other dated March 1, 1905, each purporting to settle the account of Henry A. Howard, as administrator of the goods,• chattels and credits of Haney Holland, deceased.
1Opinion of the Court
Chase,. J.:
An attorney at law is a sworn officer of the court. Someone has said that an attorney’s duty is well expressed in the, “ Institutes ” i® these words: “ The' precepts of the law. are, to live honestly, to hurt no one, to give to every one his. due.” (Just. Inst. [Cooper’s ed,] bk. 1, tit. 1, § 3.)
In Story’s Equity Jurisprudence (13th ed. § 310.), referring to the" relation of client and attorney, it is said: “It is" obvious that this-relation must give rise to great confidence between the parties and to very strong influences over the actions.and rights and interests of the client.…
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