State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Dugger

The Oklahoma Bar Association filed a complaint dated February 13, 1961, against respondent Richard L. Dugger, containing three counts. We will consider the counts in order.

The first count charged that respondent advised Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Severns to deed their farm to him without consideration and that he thereafter sold the farm and converted the money received from the sale to his own use. The respondent alleged that the property was deeded to him as payment of legal fees and expenses.

Without going into the details of the evidence submitted by the Bar Association and by the respondent,…