Case ID: dc_2/html/0464-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Robert Crittenden v. Pendleton Strother.
    If the plaintiff examines his attorney as a witness, he waives his privilege, and upon cross-examination the attorney is bound to answer generally.
    Debt on bond. Plea — gaming debt.
    
      Mr. Hall, the plaintiff’s attorney,
    offered himself as a witness, and testified in behalf of the plaintiff.
    Upon his cross-examination he objected to answer a question, claiming the privilege of his client.
   The Court

said, that when his client examined him as a witness in his favor, he must be considered as waiving his privilege.

Verdict for defendant.