State Bar of Nevada v. Sexton

OPINION

By the Court,

Horsey, J.:

This is an original proceeding commenced in this court on May 5, 1947, by the state bar of Nevada, a public corporation, as petitioner, to revoke the license of John F. Sexton, the respondent, to practice law in the State of Nevada.

It is alleged in paragraph II of the petition that on the 25th day of June, 1946, said respondent filed with the secretary of the state bar of Nevada an application, in the form of an affidavit, for admission to the bar of the State of Nevada, and license to practice law in all the courts of said state, in which he stated, under oath,…