State Ex Rel. Baker v. County Court of Rock County

County Judge Roang, the respondent, offers as justification for his refusal to act upon the papers presented by Mr. Baker, the proposition that in conducting probate proceedings Mr. Baker is engaging in the practice of law. Mr. Baker disputes this proposition, and contends, further, that such refusal impairs his rights under sec. 4, art. I, Wis. Const.; sec. 9, art. I, Wis. Const.; sec. 20, art. VII, Wis. Const., and sec. 1 of the Fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States.

1. Executor’s conduct of probate proceedings in court as practice of law. It is clear that, in…