Degen v. Steinbrink’s Empirical Analysis
1922
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
October 1970
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on In Re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of De Haas
Most-quoted passages
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““When a lawyer undertakes to prepare papers to be filed in a state foreign to his place of practice, it is his duty, if he has not knowledge of the statutes, to inform himself, for, like any artisan, by undertaking the work, he represents that he is capable of performing it in a skillful manner.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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