In Re Maddox
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Petition of Etta H. Maddox by her attorney Howard Bryant, for an order directing her to be admitted to practice law if certified to be qualified by the State Board of Law Examiners.
1Opinion of the CourtMcSherry, C. J.
Miss Etta H. Maddox has made application for admission to the bar. In support of her application she has filed quite an elaborate brief. She is a female over twenty-one years of age and is a graduate of one of the law schools of Baltimore. As we understand her position there are two grounds upon which she relies to sustain her contention that she is entitled to be admitted to the bar. And these two grounds are, first, that the right to practice law is a natural right, inherently possessed by every one alike, without regard to sex, and, therefore, dependent in no way upon legislative…
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