Johnson v. Purcell

— The original action was a suit in equity brought by members of the bar of Jackson County, Iowa, for themselves and all other attorneys and councellors similarly situated and for the protection of the public asking for an injunction restraining petitioner, Frank T. Johnson, a layman, from holding himself out as an attorney and from engaging in the practice of law. To the petition said Frank T. Johnson, defendant in the original equity case, filed a motion to dismiss the petition wherein it was alleged, among other grounds, that the district court of Jackson County, Iowa, had no power or…