Case Name: Robert Crittenden v. Pendleton Strother
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1824-04
Citations: 2 Cranch 464
Docket Number: 
Parties: Robert Crittenden v. Pendleton Strother.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 464–464

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
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.