Creekmore v. Izard

Jim: Johnson, Associate Justice.

This appeal involves the question of whether a notary public and a realtor are practicing law when filling in simple standardized forms used in real estate transactions. The action was instituted by appellant Alfred Creekmore, a Notary Public in Mountainburg, to declare his right to continue to fill in the blanks in printed real estate forms, bills of sale, etc., none of which he contended constituted the practice of law. Clyman Izard and Fines F. Batchelor, Jr., as officers and members of the Crawford County Bar Association, and Marvin D. Thaxton, Chairman of…