Case of Austin
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This case came before the court in pursuance of an act of assembly passed on thé 14th day of March, 1835,(Pam. L. 70,) by which the Suprertie Court of this Commonwealth was authorised and required to take jurisdiction of a certain record and proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Fayette, of the term of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, whereby the names of eight attorneys were, on the eighth day of January, one thousand eight hundred…
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This case came before the court in pursuance of an act of assembly passed on thé 14th day of March, 1835,(Pam. L. 70,) by which the Suprertie Court of this Commonwealth was authorised and required to take jurisdiction of a certain record and proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Fayette, of the term of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, whereby the names of eight attorneys were, on the eighth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, ordered to be struck from the list of attorneys of the said court; and that the said Supreme Court shall,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Gibson, C. J.
An attorney at law is an officer of the court. The terms of the oaths exacted of him at his admission to the bar, prove him to be so; “ you shall behave youself in your office of attorney within the court, with all due fidelity as well to the court as the client.” Again: it is declared in the Constitution, article 1, sec. 18, that “ no member of Congress or other person, holding any office, (except attorney at law, and in the militia,) under the United States or this Commonwealth, shall be a member of either house (of the legislature,)…
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