 | Bar Association of the State of Kansas - Bar associations - 1908 - 770 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...to which justice is subject, by reason of surprises ar.d disappointments in evidence and witnesses, and through mistakes of juries and errors of Courts,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 672 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 it is extremely seldom that there is not another side... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1917 - 988 pages
...— A lawyer should endeavor to obtain full knowledge of his ciient's cause before advising thereon, and he is bound to give a candid opinion of the merits...lawyers to beware of bold and confident assurances to ciients, especially where the employment may depend upon such assurance. Whenever the controversy will... | |
 | American Bar Association - Law - 1907 - 1246 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. (Alabama Code, sec. 32.) Adopted in Georgia... | |
 | Tennessee Bar Association - Bar associations - 1905 - 1206 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,... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel - Courts-martial and courts of inquiry - 1945 - 616 pages
...cause. A lawyer should endeavor to obtain full knowledge of his client's cause before advising thereon. The miscarriages to which justice is subject, by reason...surprises and disappointments in evidence and witnesses, admonish lawyers to beware of bold and confident assurances to clients. 5. Negotiations with opposite... | |
 | Law - 1909 - 310 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...contemplated litigation. The miscarriages to which at times justice is subject, by reason of surprises and disappointments in evidence and witnesses,... | |
 | State Bar Association of Wisconsin - Bar associations - 1902 - 282 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. 28. An attorney is in honor bound to disclose... | |
 | Bar Association of Arkansas - Bar associations - 1928 - 662 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...especially where the employment may depend upon such assurances. Whenever the controversy will admit fair adjustment, the client should be advised to avoid... | |
 | Bar Association of Arkansas - Bar associations - 1920 - 666 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...occasional, admonish lawyers to beware of bold and i.onfident assurances to clients, especially where the employment may depend upon such assurance*.... | |
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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.... 
