Margolis's Case
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 6, Oct. T., 1921, by Jacob Margolis, from order of C. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1920, No. 2068, making absolute rule to disbar, in re Jacob Margolis. Rule to show cause why respondent should not be stricken from the roll of attorneys. Before Shafer, P. J., and Ford and Swearingen, JJ. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court made the rule absolute. Respondent appealed. Error assigned, among others, was (5) order, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion bt
Mr. Justice Sadler,
The respondent, Jacob Margolis, was admitted to the Bar of Allegheny County in 1910, having first taken the oath required in such case by the Act of 1834. In 1919, a petition was presented asking that he be disbarred for reasons set forth, and a rule was granted to show cause why his name should not be stricken from the roll of attorneys. Due notice of the application was given; subsequently an answer was filed, and voluminous testimony taken. On September 15, 1920, the rule was made absolute, the court below finding that the respondent had violated “his duty as a…
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