§ 84-11 – Authority filed or produced if requested.
84-11. Authority filed or produced if requested. Every attorney who claims to enter an appearance for any person shall, upon being required so to do, produce and file in the clerk’s office of the court in which he claims to enter an appearance, a power or authority to that effect signed by the persons or […]
§ 84-12 – Failure to file complaint, attorney liable for costs.
84-12. Failure to file complaint, attorney liable for costs. When a plaintiff is compelled to pay the costs of his suit in consequence of a failure on the part of his attorney to file his complaint in proper time, he may sue such attorney for all the costs by him so paid, and the receipt […]
§ 84-13 – Fraudulent practice, attorney liable in double damages.
84-13. Fraudulent practice, attorney liable in double damages. If any attorney commits any fraudulent practice, he shall be liable in an action to the party injured, and on the verdict passing against him, judgment shall be given for the plaintiff to recover double damages. (1743, c. 37; R.C., c. 9, s. 6; Code, s. 23; […]