Weil v. Weil

Upon wholly adequate testimony a jury has found plaintiff wife guilty of adultery committed in New York City in the month of June, 1952. Plaintiff asserts that the trial was unfair basing her claim chiefly upon the fact that defendant husband’s trial counsel played an important role in the preliminary investigations, was a witness to the so-called ‘1 raid ’ ’ upon her apartment, and testified at the trial. Other alleged errors are asserted which presently will be discussed.

Though the practice of a trial counsel serving as a witness in his client’s behalf is not to be encouraged (Canons of Pro*38f…