Peters v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Tallapoosa Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. S. L. Brewer. On proper proceedings Massey Peters was removed and disbarred from the practice of law in all of the» courts of this state, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcOLELLAN, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Tallapoosa county removing and disbarring the appellant from the practice of law in all the courts of this state. The proceeding to disbar him was instituted by the central council of the Alabama State Bar Association. — Code, §§ 2995, 2996. It is prosecuted, as provided by law, in the name of the state; and the solicitor of that circuit represented the state in the prosecution, as the statute directs. — Code, § 3004. The accusation and information on which the judgment of disbarment entered is as follows:
“Comes W. B. Bowling,…
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