 | Bar associations - 1924 - 680 pages
...cause. A lawyer should endeavor to obtain full knowledge of his client's cause before advising thereon, and he is bound to give a candid opinion of the merits...which justice is subject, by reason of surprises and disappointment in evidence and witnesses, and through mistakes of juries and errors of courts, even... | |
 | Canadian Bar Association - Law - 1920 - 396 pages
...candid opinion of the merits and probable results of pending or contemplated litigation. He should beware of bold and confident assurances to clients, especially where the employment may depend on such assurances. He should bear in mind that seldom are all the law and facts on the side of his... | |
 | Indiana State Bar Association (1916- ) - Bar associations - 1908 - 268 pages
...Cause. A lawyer should endeavor to obtain full knowledge of his client's cause before advising thereon, and he is bound to give a candid opinion of the merits...contemplated litigation. The miscarriages to which at times justice is subject, by reason of surprises and disappointments in evidence and witnesses,... | |
 | Iowa - 1926 - 694 pages
...merits of a client's cause, a lawyer should endeavor to obtain full knowledge of it and he is then bound to give a candid opinion of the merits and probable result of pending or contemplated litigation. Whenever the controversy will admit of fair adjustment, the client should be advised to avoid or end... | |
 | Iowa - 1926 - 710 pages
...merits of a client's cause, a lawyer should endeavor to obtain full knowledge of it and he is then bound to give a candid opinion of the merits and probable result of pending or contemplated litigation. Whenever the controversy will admit of fair adjustment, the client should be advised to avoid or end... | |
 | Mississippi State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1911 - 126 pages
...before advising thereon, and he is bound to give a candid opinion of the merits and probable results of pending or contemplated litigation. The miscarriages...bold and confident assurances to clients, especially —99— where the employment may depend upon such assurance. "Whenever the controversy will admit... | |
 | Law - 1908 - 540 pages
...Cause. A lawyer should endeavor to obtain full knowledge of his client's cause before advising thereon, and he is bound to give a candid opinion of the merits...contemplated litigation. The miscarriages to which at times justice is subject, by reason of surprises and disappointments in evidence and witnesses,... | |
 | Mississippi State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1916 - 176 pages
...— A lawyer should endeavor to obtain full knowledge of his client's cause before advising thereon, and he is bound to give a candid opinion of the merits and probable results of pending or contemplated litigation. The miscarriages to which justice is subject, by reason... | |
 | Denver Bar Association - Bar associations - 1903 - 152 pages
...miscarriages to which justice is subject, and the uncertainty of predicting results, admonish attorneys to beware of bold and confident assurances to clients, especially where the employment depends upon the assurance and the case is not plain. 33. An attorney is in honor bound to disclose... | |
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Advising Upon the Merits of a Client's Cause. A lawyer should endeavor to obtain full knowledge of his client's cause before advising thereon, and he is bound to give a candid opinion of the merits and probable result of pending or contemplated litigation.... 
