People ex rel. Noyes v. Allison
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an information filed in this court by Ebenezer Noyes, against Francis A. Allison, for a rule upon the latter to show cause why his name should not be stricken from the roll of attorneys of this State. The facts material toan understanding of the case appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
The information filed in this cause contains but two charges that affect the character of the respondent as an attorney at law. First,'he collected money for a client by the name of Valentine, and refused to pay it over to him; and second, he abstracted a paper or papers from the files in a cause in the circuit court of Coles county.
Relator seeks to charge the respondent with bad conduct in regard to obtaining the title and possession of a tract of land claimed by relator and respondent, also with violating an injunction that had been issued in the-progress of the litigation between them, and…
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