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§ 513. If an attorney and counsellor knowingly permit a person not his general law partner, to sue out process, or to prosecute or defend an action or proceedin his name, he and every person who so uses his name, shall severally forfeit to the party against whom the process was issued, or the action or proceeding proseeuted or defended, the sum of fifty dollars, recoverable in a civil action.

ARTICLE IV.

AUTHORITY OF AN ATTORNEY AND ITS DURATION.

SECTION 514. Authority of an attorney.

515. Proceedings, when he appears without authority.
516. Compelling him to produce authority.

§ 514. An attorney and counsellor has authority,

1. To bind his client, in any of the proceedings in ar action or special proceeding, by his agreement filed with the clerk, or entered upon the minutes of the court, and not otherwise:

2. To receive money claimed by his client in an action or special proceeding, during the pendency thereof, or within one year after judgment; and upon the payment thereof, and not otherwise, to discharge the claim, or acknowledge satisfaction of the judgment.

But this section does not prevent a party from employing a new attorney, to issue an execution upon a judgment, or to take the other proceedings, prescribed by this code, for its enforcement; and when he does so, the authority of the former attorney ceases.

§ 515. If it be alleged by a party for whom an attorney appears, that he does so without authority, the court may, at any stage of the proceedings, relieve the party for whom the attorney has assumed to appear, from the consequences of his acts. It may also summarily, upon motion, compel the attorney to repair the injury to either party, consequent upon his assumption of authority.

§ 516. The court, or a judge, may, on motion of either party, and on showing reasonable ground therefor, require the attorney for the adverse party, or for any one of several adverse parties, to produce or prove the authority under which he appears, and until he does so, may stay all proceedings by him on behalf of the party for whom he assumes to appear.

ARTICLE V.

CHANGE OF ATTORNEY.

SECTION 517. Attorney, how changed.

518.

519.

Notice of change.

When attorney dies, or ceases to act as such, notice thereof to be served on adverse party.

§ 517. The attorney in an action or special proceeding, may be changed at any time before judgment or final determination, as follows:

1. Upon his own consent filed with the clerk or entered upon the minutes: or,

2. Upon the order of the court or a judge thereof, on the application of the client or for other sufficient

cause.

§ 518. When an attorney is changed, as provided in the last section, written notice of the change and of the substitution of a new attorney, or of the appearance of the party in person, must be given to the adverse party. Until then, he is bound to recognise the former attorney.

§ 519. When an attorney dies, or is removed or suspended, or ceases to act as such, a party to an action for whom he was acting as attorney, must at least thirty days before any further proceeding against him, be required by the adverse party, by written notice, to appoint another attorney, or to appear in person.

ARTICLE VI.

LIEN OF ATTORNEYS.

SECTION 520. The lien of an attorney, and its effect.

§ 520. An attorney has a lien for his compensation, whether specially agreed upon, or implied, as provided in this code,

1. Upon the papers of his client, which have come into his possession in the course of his professional employment:

2. Upon money in his hands belonging to his cli

ent:

3. Upon money in the hands of the adverse party, in an action or proceeding in which the attorney was employed, from the time of giving notice of the lien to that party :

4. Upon a judgment, to the extent of the costs included therein, or if there be a special agreement, to the extent of the compensation specialy 1 agreed on, from the time of giving notice to the party against whom the judgment is recovered.

This lien is, however, subordinate to the rights exsting between the parties to the action or proceeding.

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SECTION 521. Proceedings to compel attorney to deliver over money or papers. 522. Court, how to proceed, if attorney claim lien.

§ 521. When an attorney refuses to deliver over money or papers, to a person from or for whom he has received them in the course of professional employment, whether in an action or not, he may be required by an order of the court in which an action, if any, was prosecuted, or if no action were prosecuted, then by an order of the supreme court, to do so within a specified time, or show cause why he should not be punished for a contempt.

§ 522. If however, the attorney claim a lien upon the money or papers, under the first two subdivisions of section 520, the court may,

1. Impose as a condition of making the order, that the client give security, in a form and amount to be

directed, to satisfy the lien, when determined in an

action; or,

2. Summarily inquire into the facts on which the claim of a lien is founded, and determine the same:

or

3. Direct the trial of the controversy by a jury, or refer it, and upon the verdict or report, determine the same as in other cases.

ATICLE VIII.

RESIGNATION OF ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS, AND THE EFFECT THEREOF.

SECTION 523. Resignation, how made, and its effect.

524. May be re-admitted.

§ 523. An attorney and counsellor may, at any time, file in the office of the clerk of the county in which he resides, a written resignation; and after the filing thereof, he is not entitled to the rights, nor is he subject to the disabilities or prohibitions, incident to that relation; except that he is still subject to the power of the court, as provided in the last three sections, in respect to matters arising while he was an attorney and counsellor.

§ 524. An attorney and counsellor who shall have resigned as provided in the last section, may at any time thereafter be re-admitted to practice as such, in the same manner, as if he had never been so admitted.

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