In Re McAlear

The Board of Governors of the Oregon State Bar has placed before us its recommendation that the defendant, who on September 11, 1940, was granted the privilege of practicing law in this state, be suspended from the privilege for six months. The recommendation is made by eight of the twelve members of the board. One member for sound reasons deemed himself disqualified. Three others declined to concur in the recommendation. Their views are unknown to us.

The complaint against the defendant contains four counts:

The first alleges that the defendant, in a cause in which he represented two elderly…