Tennessee Bar Association v. Freemon

McAMIS, P, J.

This action was instituted by the Tennessee Bar Association on July 7, 1959, seeking the permanent disbarment of defendant Howard P. Freemon for alleged misconduct growing out of what will be herein referred to as the Spinks divorce case and the Whitehead cases.

*569It is charged that while representing the husband in the Spinks case defendant entrapped Mrs. Spinks into committing an act of adultery and, while representing the plaintiffs in the Whitehead cases, made certain slanderous and defamatory remarks about opposing counsel in a petition to rehear.

The Chancellor found both…