In re Nisbet

Benjamin L. Nisbet was convicted of a felony on May 7, 1932, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, and on March 2, 1933, an order was entered in the Hopkins Circuit Court disbarring him from the practice of law in all courts of this Commonwealth and his name was ordered stricken from the roll of the Hopkins County Bar, the home bar of Mr. Nisbet.

At the time of his conviction there was in force K.S. § 97 (1936 Ed.), which provided: “No person convicted of treason or felony shall be permitted to practice in any court as counsel or attorney-at-law.” This…