Legal Opinion
Fenerty Disbarment Case
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 18, 1947No. Appeal, 166PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Linn,
This appeal from an order of disbarment was submitted without oral argument. The Act of April 14, 1834, P. L. 333, section 74, .17 PS 1662, provides: “If any such attorney shall retain money belonging to his Client, after demand made by the client for the payment thereof, it shall be the duty of the court to cause the name of such attorney to be stricken from the record of attorneys, and to prevent him from prosecuting longer in the said court.” .
The appellant has been found guilty of.two violations of the statute. It appears that in one case, while acting as…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Montgomery County Bar Ass'n v. RinalducciSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Wolfe's DisbarmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
- Commonwealth v. IrwinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
- Henry's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
- Estate of Rachel C. Finley CoreSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Yorktowne Paper Mills, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Commonwealth v. MacKleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
- Valley Forge Industries, Inc. v. Armand Construction, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. DeFeliceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Grosso v. EnglertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
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