In Re Scott

On April 21, 1924, petitioner filed his application for admission to the bar, the application being grounded upon a former admission and practice in the state of Arizona. The state board of bar examiners, after due investigation, recommended that petitioner be not admitted, and he asks that we now order his admission, notwithstanding the adverse recommendation.

The only question to be determined is whether petitioner’s case, as shown by affidavits filed in his behalf, is within the provisions of section 279 of the Code of Civil Procedure, which reads, in part: “Any citizen . . . who has been…