Slemmer v. Wright
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Black Hawk District Court. This is a proceeding for the revocation of the defendant’s license to practice as an attorney. He pleaded guilty to certain charges and specifications. Upon this plea the court suspended the defendant from the practice of his profession for the period of two years from November 15,1879, giving him the privilege of moving for a modification within six months from November 15, 1879, upon showing that the claim against him has been paid.
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Appeal from, Black Hawk District Court. This is a proceeding for the revocation of the defendant’s license to practice as an attorney. He pleaded guilty to certain charges and specifications. Upon this plea the court suspended the defendant from the practice of his profession for the period of two years from November 15,1879, giving him the privilege of moving for a modification within six months from November 15, 1879, upon showing that the claim against him has been paid. The court further ordered that, if no such motion for modification is made before the expiration of said two years, the…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
i. attorney : ot: suspoiisionfrom 'practice.'
The principal specifications to which the defendant pleaded guilty are as follows: “That in 1873 defendant Wright received from John Harrison, of Mo-Henry county, Illinois, for collection and remit- , tance, a note for two hundred dollars, with interest, against T. O. Dean; that defendant wrote to said Harrison for, and received, $5.00, to pay costs; that defendant obtained judgment on said note by default; that defendant then wrote to said Harrison for, and did receive from him, $100 more to buy in property on sale, as defendant informed said…
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