Bar Ass'n v. Greenhood
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition to the Superior Court for the removal of the respondent from the office of an attorney at law. The petition, after alleging that the respondent was admitted as an attorney by the Supreme Judicial Court on January 20, 1885, and that he “ has ceased to be of good moral character, and has been guilty of deceit, malpractice, and other gross misconduct,” contained thirteen specifications of charges, the first, third, fourth, and fifth of which only need be stated, and…
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Petition to the Superior Court for the removal of the respondent from the office of an attorney at law. The petition, after alleging that the respondent was admitted as an attorney by the Supreme Judicial Court on January 20, 1885, and that he “ has ceased to be of good moral character, and has been guilty of deceit, malpractice, and other gross misconduct,” contained thirteen specifications of charges, the first, third, fourth, and fifth of which only need be stated, and were, in substance, as follows. 1. In or about 1892, one Howard Gill, of Dedham, died, leaving an instrument purporting to…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court removing the respondent from the office of an attorney at law in the courts of the Commonwealth. The petition for his removal alleges that he was admitted as an attorney by the Supreme Judical Court on January 20, 1885, and that he *182“ has ceased to be of good moral character, and has been guilty of deceit, malpractice, and other gross misconduct.” Under this general charge there are specifications, of which the fourth, fifth, and so much of the first as charges the respondent with misconduct at the trial of the probate of the will of…
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