Bump v. Barnett

Plaintiffs are Iowa lawyers composing a “Committee of the Unauthorized Practice of Law” of the Polk County Bar Association. Defendant, admittedly not a lawyer, is alleged to be conducting a business and performing acts which constitute the unauthorized practice of law. The record does not set out the evidence but shows instead the trial court’s findings of facts. The parties stipulate the record, as presented, to be all that is necessary for the purpose of the appeal.

• The findings recite: That defendant advertised, under the trade name “Public Service, W. Thomas Barnett, Manager,” that he…