Legal Opinion

Ex parte Redmond

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1919No. 20692PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county, Hon. W-. H. Pottee, Judge. Proceedings by S. D. Redmond for reinstatement as an attorney at law after a judgment of disbarment. A demurrer by tbe county attorney to tbe petition was sustained and petitioner appeals. Tbe facts are fully stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.

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Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county, Hon. W-. H. Pottee, Judge. Proceedings by S. D. Redmond for reinstatement as an attorney at law after a judgment of disbarment. A demurrer by tbe county attorney to tbe petition was sustained and petitioner appeals. Tbe facts are fully stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. Tbe only question in tbis case raised in tbe lower court, or here, is whether a member of tbe bar of tbe state of Mississippi who has been disbarred from tbe practice can ever be reinstated. The appellant- contends that the order of disbarment is not final and conclusive for all…

1Opinion of the CourtCook, P. J.

The proceedings in this case originated in the first district of Hinds county. S. D. Redmond, appellant, filed a petition in the circuit court reciting therein that by judgment of said court rendered in June, 1915, upon proper proceedings, he was disbarred and forbidden to further practice law in any ■ of the courts of this state. The petition «alleged that since the • order of the court petitioner’s conduct had been above reproach. The petition prayed that the court inquire into the character, conduct, and behavior of petitioner since his disbarment, and for a reinstatement as a practitioner…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. Ex Parte MarshallMississippi Supreme Court · 1933
  2. Osborne v. PurdomeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1952
  3. MELVIN v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1950
  4. Mississippi State Bar Ass'n v. WadeMississippi Supreme Court · 1964
  5. Burns v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934

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