Jones v. Sanderson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Audrain Circuit Court. — Hon. Ernest 8. Gantt, Judge. (1) The evidence in this case does not prove that appellant violated any law or his oath as an attorney at law by interviewing the witnesses in the case pending against the Klick brothers. The testimony does not show that the appellant tried to obtain these witness to change their testimony or to get them to swear falsely in the Klick cases.
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Appeal from Audrain Circuit Court. — Hon. Ernest 8. Gantt, Judge. (1) The evidence in this case does not prove that appellant violated any law or his oath as an attorney at law by interviewing the witnesses in the case pending against the Klick brothers. The testimony does not show that the appellant tried to obtain these witness to change their testimony or to get them to swear falsely in the Klick cases. The offenses charged by the petition for disbarment are indictable offenses, and under the law the appellant could not be disbarred or suspended for a definite term until he first had been…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodson, J.
This suit was instituted in the Circuit Court of Callaway County by plaintiffs and against the defendant, seeking to disbar him from practicing law in the courts of this State. The trial court sustained the charges made against him and disbarred him for a period of twelve months from and after March 28, 1919. In due course the defendant appealed the cause to this court.
The record in the case is very long, covering about two hundred and seventy pages of printed matter, and the statement of counsel for appellant covers about fifty, but from the view we take of the case, it will be unnecessary…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Selleck v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1913
3Cited by2 opinions
- In Re Disbarment of SizerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1924
- In Re LincolnCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1929