In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Brown

This is a disciplinary proceeding by the Oregon State Bar charging the accused with unethical conduct. Most of the charges in the complaint arise out of the accused’s acts, or failure to act, while serving as attorney and administrator in Lane County, Oregon, of the estates of Robert and Marion Beach and their two sons.

Mr. and Mrs. Beach and their two sons died intestate as a result of an airplane accident on January 28,1957, and left a 20-year-old daughter, Garnet Claire Beach Ratley (hereinafter referred to as Garnet), as their sole heir.

The deceased parents were engaged in four sawmill and…