People ex rel. Colorado Bar Ass'n v. Patterson

The respondent is charged with unprofessional conduct as a lawyer licensed to practice in this state. The substance of the information is that the respondent, James E. Patterson, is a resident of the town of Sterling, Colorado, and at the time was engaged in the practice of law at that place; that one Octave Gervais engaged him to conduct a contest before the United States Land Office at Sterling, involving a homestead entry by Cora McCombs ; the fee for such services was to be $25.00.

Gervais resided at Denver and returned to that city after filing his contest at the Sterling Land Office on…