People ex rel. Colorado Bar Ass'n v. Hays

Per Curiam.-

Respondent is a licensed attorney of this court. He is charged in this information with unprofessional conduct in office, in that he received from a client money to be applied on the costs in an action which he agreed, as an attorney, to institute, but which, in violation of his contract, ho never brought, and refused to return the money after domand was made upon him to do so. In addition, as it is charged, he caused ' the client to expend a considerable amount of money in preparing for trial, knowing that no action was brought or pending, and he did this to deceive his client…