People Ex Rel. Chicago Bar Ass'n v. Hammond

The Chicago Bar Association, as relator, was given leave and filed an information against Henry W. Hammond, the respondent, on February 23, 1933. A rule was asked commanding Hammond to show cause why he should not be disbarred.

Hammond had been licensed to practice law in 1921. The information contained two charges: One that he overcharged Mrs. Hattie Glover for legal services and defrauded her of $600, and the other that he accepted $35 from Joseph Milas for costs required to be paid in filing a personal injury suit and converted this money to his own use. The respondent filed his answer to…