South Dakota Statutes

§ 16-18-17 — Attorney's duty to represent the oppressed.

South Dakota·Title 16 COURTS AND JUDICIARY·Ch. 16 POWERS AND DUTIES OF ATTORNEYS
It is the duty of an attorney and counselor at law never to reject for any consideration personal to himself, the cause of the defenseless or the oppressed.

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Legislative History

PolC 1877, ch 18, § 4, subdiv 7; CL 1887, § 465, subdiv 7; RPolC 1903, § 697, subdiv 7; RC 1919, § 5262 (7); Supreme Court Rule 13, 1939; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 32.1201 (7).

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