Cramer

Cramer v. Tittel

Good Law
3 Cal. Unrep. 80·21 P. 750
Supreme Court of CaliforniaApril 22, 1889No. 11,723California341 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Paterson, J.

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 *81 from facts within the knowledge of counsel, and the counsel causes his client to willfully commit perjury by an utter disregard of the solemnities of the obligation of an oath, the time has come when perjury can be placed at a premium, and too designing and artful practitioners, assisted with clients of elastic consciences, will be found ready to swear to any fact essential to obtain…

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