People v. Morgan

The respondent attorney was admitted to practice law in Colorado on February 21, 1958. In a prior grievance proceeding, he was publicly censured for failure to appear in court at crucial times in a civil action after having received proper notice to appear. As a result, a default judgment was taken against his clients, their counterclaim was dismissed and one *261client was jailed on a body execution. In the same prior grievance proceeding, it was found that the respondent allowed the statute of limitations to run barring a civil action after he had been retained to file that action. The…