¶1The attorneys of the creditors cannot, as such, appear. But they, or any member of the bar, may, as amici curia, suggest to the court that the petition is collusive, and direct the attention of the court, to such parts of the testimony as may show collusion, or, as may be insufficient to sustain the petition. But the court will not direct the clerk or the counsel for the petitioner, to submit the affidavits or other testimony relied upon, in support of the petition, to the inspection of such amici curia.
10 Vt. 540
Stearns v. Stearns
Decided March 15, 1838
Supreme Court of Vermont · decided 1838-03-15
This was a petition for a divorce. stated to the court, that they were not employed by the petitionee, but that they appeared as the attorneys of his creditors, -who had levied their executions upon real estate, held by him, in right of his wife, the petitioner, and that the levying creditors believed this petition to be collusive, between the petitioner and petitioliee, to defeat the rights of the creditors under such levies, and they moved for leave to appear and oppose…
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Decided 1838-03-15
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