Bujac v. Wilson

Citations

• 27 N.M. 112
• 196 P. 513

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT. -</p> <p>1. The question as to whether a communication between counsel and a client is privileged is a judicial question, which cannot be determined by counsel himself, but the same must be submitted to the court for determination. P. 114</p> <p>ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.</p> <p>2. On a determination by the court as to whether a given communication between attorney and client is privileged, documents or letters involved need not be produced before the court for inspection until it has been judicially determined that they are not privileged. P. 115</p> <p>3. That during the time a witness was acting as attorney for his client he wrote certain letters alleged to be privileged does not, standing alone, establish their privileged character, but the circumstances under which they were written and the reasons for writing them should be shown. P. 115</p>