Cramer v. Tittel
Cramer v. Tittel
Opinion of the Court
Counsel for respondent concludes his written argument with the following peroration: “Let the case he reviewed. The complaint charges notice of assignment to Huber and Tittel, and to Mr. Ash, their attorney, before this action of Cramer v. Tittel; yet in the face of the verified complaint, the evidence of Tittel, Huber, Nobman, Plartman and Hoffman, and answers drawn by Mr. Ash, as attorney, and without any reservation, B. Ernest Tittel, under the solemnity of an oath, adds another crime to the rascality he had practiced on Lichtnock by committing willful perjury in denying that they, or either of them, knew, or had any notice whatever, that Cramer was the assignee. When counsel can be permitted to draft pleadings and present them to their clients for verification, and the pleadings being drawn
We concur: Beatty, C. J.; McFarland, J.
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- Appeal—Brief Stricken Out for Impropriety.—Respondent’s brief, after charging the commission of perjury by appellant in his answer, as to a fact alleged to be within his attorney’s knowledge, continued: “When counsel can be permitted to draft pleadings and present them to their clients for verification, and the pleadings being drawn from facts within the knowledge of counsel, and the counsel causes his client to willfully commit perjury,” etc. Held, a gross violation of professional ethics, and that the brief should be stricken out, with permission to file another within ten days, or the judgment would be reversed without an inspection of the record.