Danner v. State

HUTCHINSON,

dissenting.

I would affirm the judgment of disbarment. In my view, Danner’s answer did not properly traverse the “Original Formal Complaint” as required by Section 25, State Bar Rules, and was properly stricken by the trial court.

Section 21 of the State Bar Rules states that the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure shall govern disciplinary proceedings except where in conflict with a specific provision of the bar rules. State Bar of Texas, Rules and Code of Professional Responsibility art. XII, § 21 (Vernon 1973); Greenspan v. State, 618 S.W.2d 939 (Tex.Civ.App.-Fort Worth 1981, writ…