In re Disbarment of Evans & Rogers ex rel. Nelson
Utah Supreme Court
Original application in this court for the disbarment of Evans & Rogers, attorneys practicing before this court, upon a charge of champerty. Judgment requiring that Evans & Rogers pay over to the clerk of this court for the use and benefit of the widow and minor children of one Nelson a certain sum found to be due said parties, and that unless such payment was made within 60 days each of said parties be permanently disbarred as attorneys of this court. STATEMENT OE PACTS.
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Original application in this court for the disbarment of Evans & Rogers, attorneys practicing before this court, upon a charge of champerty. Judgment requiring that Evans & Rogers pay over to the clerk of this court for the use and benefit of the widow and minor children of one Nelson a certain sum found to be due said parties, and that unless such payment was made within 60 days each of said parties be permanently disbarred as attorneys of this court. STATEMENT OE PACTS. Hon. P. L. Williams, an attorney at law, having filed and presented an information verified by the oath of Thomas Nelson,…
1Opinion of the CourtBaskin, J.
The facts disclosed by the record show, in several respects, a violation of professional ethics on the part of the respondents. It is stated in their brief that “Evans & Rogers did not employ Alfred H. Nelson, the latter employed the former on behalf of the widow and minor children of his deceased brother.”
■ If it be conceded that the widow for herself and minor children, had the right to authorize Alfred H. Nelson to employ Evans & Rogers as attorneys, when so authorized he could not, under that agency, legally make a contract with them for the payment of a fee one-third of which he was to…
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