In Re Disbarment of Howard S. Spencer

The petition of the state board of law examiners for the disbarment of Howard S. Spencer of St. Paul was referred to Honorable Paul W. Guilford, one of the judges of the fourth judicial district, to hear the evidence and report findings. The evidence was taken and findings made.

The facts are brief. Action was brought in the court of a justice of the peace of Bainsey county against one Johnson on- June 28, 1926, by a physician, to recover $20. The summons was returnable on July 7. The wife of the defendant took the summons to the office of Spencer, who undertook to appear for him. Shortly…