James v. State of Georgia

(After the foregoing statement of facts.) The first objection to the disbarment petition is that the solicitor-general was not authorized to institute the action in the name of the State on his own information, and that, since he brought the proceedings, they should have been in the name of the State on the information of some person other than the solicitor-general. The Code, § 9-505, provides that: “The proceedings to remove an attorney may be taken by the court of its own motion, or upon the motion of an attorney at law, or other citizen.” Section 9-506 is as follows: “The proceedings,…