In Re: Petition of William M. Hurtenbach

SEBRING, J.:

In June 1943, William H. Hurtenbach, an attorney at law practicing in Miami, was disbarred from the practice of law. The disbarment order was predicated on a charge that the attorney had been guilty of deceit and dishonest conduct in office in that he had taken money from potential clients as fees to represent them professionally but had not conducted their litigation or returned the fees advanced by them for such agreed services.

On January 24, 1946, Hurtenbach filed his petition before the Circuit Court for reinstatement to the profession. Attached to the petition was a paper…