Bar Ass'n v. Casey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition for disbarment filed in the Superior Court for the county of Suffolk May 18, 1905. After the petition was filed, Arthur D. Hill, a member of the bar, was “ authorized to prosecute the inquiry and proceedings in relation to the petition,” and it was ordered, in accordance with R. L. c. 165, § 44, “ that the expenses and costs of the inquiry and proceedings be paid as in criminal proceedings in the Superior Court.”
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Petition for disbarment filed in the Superior Court for the county of Suffolk May 18, 1905. After the petition was filed, Arthur D. Hill, a member of the bar, was “ authorized to prosecute the inquiry and proceedings in relation to the petition,” and it was ordered, in accordance with R. L. c. 165, § 44, “ that the expenses and costs of the inquiry and proceedings be paid as in criminal proceedings in the Superior Court.” The petitioner was incorporated by St. 1886, c. 22, “for the purpose of promoting social intercourse among the members of the bar; of insuring conformity to a high standard…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
This is a petition to disbar the respondent. The respondent had due notice of the filing of the petition, and after a hearing, at which he was .present and was fully heard, the presiding judge made a finding that the respondent had fraudulently appropriated to his own use a considerable sum of *108money belonging to his client, and ordered that he be disbarred. The respondent appealed, and the presiding judge reported the case for the determination of the full court upon the question whether the order of disbarment was justified as matter of law. All of the evidence is, in substance, before us…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bar Ass'n v. GreenhoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
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