Ex parte State Bar Ass'n
Supreme Court of Alabama
The proceedings in this cause were had upon an original application tiled in this court by the Alabama State Bar Association, in which the relator prays that a peremptory writ of" mandamus issue from this court, to the Hon. Jas.
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The proceedings in this cause were had upon an original application tiled in this court by the Alabama State Bar Association, in which the relator prays that a peremptory writ of" mandamus issue from this court, to the Hon. Jas. B. Head, judge of the tenth judicial circuit, directing him to preside in, hear and determine the issues in a cause then pending in the Circuit Court of Jefferson county, in which the relator is plaintiff or complainant and one Peyton (1. Bowman is defendant. The. petition discloses, by appropriate averments, that the said cause was instituted in the said Circuit…
1Opinion of the CourtMoOLELLAN, J.
The disbarment of attorneys is a subject-matter of which the Circuit Courts o'f this State have jurisdiction. The filing of the accusation shown by the record before us, by, and in the name of, The Alabama State Bar Association against Peyton G. Bowman, the order thereon made requiring the accused to appear and answer the same, and the service of a copy of said order, together with a copy of the accusation on said Bowman, gave the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, in which these proceedings were had, jurisdiction of his person, at least, in the sense of establishing 'in some sort a lis…
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