State Board of Examiners in Law v. Dodge
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Order issued from the supreme court upon the accusation and petition of Eli Southworth, as secretary of the state board of examiners in law, requiring defendants Willis E. Dodge and Vernon M. Dodge, attorneys at law, to show cause, respectively, why they should not be disbarred for unprofessional conduct.
1Per curiam
This proceeding was commenced against respondents, upon petition of the secretary of the state board of law examiners, to secure their disbarment for wilful misconduct as counselors at law.
The petition alleges that September 13, 1903, Mary Fitzgerald and Hugh Rankin were injured in a Great Northern Railroad wreck at Dassel, Minnesota, and that respondents were engaged as attorneys to prosecute their claims for ‘damages for injuries received; that, owing to her physical condition and business inexperience,' Mrs. Fitzgerald placed the entire control and management of her case in the hands of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Shufeldt v. BarkerIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
3Cited by9 opinions
- In Re the Disbarment of GillardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- In Re Disbarment of George H. OtternessSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1930
- Francis J. Charlton v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- In Re Disbarment of Robert J. McDonaldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1938
- Lemisch's CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
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