Case Name: CRITTENDEN v. STROTHER
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1824-04
Citations: 6 F. Cas. 824
Docket Number: 
Parties: CRITTENDEN v. STROTHER.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 6
Pages: 824–824

Head Matter:
Case No. 3,394.
CRITTENDEN v. STROTHER.
[2 Crunch, C. C. 464.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
April Term, 1824.
Witness—Privilege of Attorney.
If the plaintiff examines his attorney as a witness, he waives his privilege, and upon cross-examination the attorney is bound to answer generally.
[Action of] debt [by Robert Crittenden against Pendleton Strother] 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.