In re the Disbarment of Wilson
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Shawnee district court; Alston W. Dana, judge. STATEMENT. The grievance committee of the Topeka bar association filed a report in the district court of Shawnee county that they had upon complaint made an investigation of the professional conduct of Anthony P. Wilson and A. P. Tone Wilson, jr., and therein charged the defendants, informally, with the . various unprofessional and immoral acts afterward embraced in formal charges.
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Appeal from Shawnee district court; Alston W. Dana, judge. STATEMENT. The grievance committee of the Topeka bar association filed a report in the district court of Shawnee county that they had upon complaint made an investigation of the professional conduct of Anthony P. Wilson and A. P. Tone Wilson, jr., and therein charged the defendants, informally, with the . various unprofessional and immoral acts afterward embraced in formal charges. This committee also recommended expulsion of the defendants from the association and the initiation of proceedings in the district court for their…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Smith, J.:
It is first contended that the district court lacked/jurisdiction of the cause for the reason that no-legal process was served upon either defendant. Upon, the filing, by the committee appointed by the court, of the accusations against the defendants the court made an order requiring the defendants to answer the accusations at a designated time, and directing the sheriff to serve a copy of the order and of the accusations upon each of them. The sheriff complied with this order, except that he omitted from the accusations the: *452verification…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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