In re Bowers

This matter is before us upon the petition of the Nashville Bar and Library Association interposed for the purpose of preventing a license from .issuing from this court to F. E. Bowers authorizing him to practice law in the courts of this state. The petition charges, in substance, that Bowers, in the year 1914, and perhaps thereafter, was engaged in the business of soliciting lawsuits and dividing fees with attorneys. Upon his attention being called to the illegality of his practices, it .is alleged that instead of ceasing such practices Bowers devised a form of power of attorney, by the…