In Re First Escrow, Inc.

840 S.W.2d 839 (1992)

In re FIRST ESCROW, INC., Respondent.

In re BEST ESCROW, INC., Respondent.

Nos. 72686, 72688.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

October 27, 1992.

Robert O. Hetlage, Ian P. Cooper, St. Louis, for informant.

Theodore L. Johnson, III, Glenn P. Green, Springfield, for respondent First Escrow.

Terry C. Allen, Jefferson City, for respondent Best Escrow.

PRICE, Judge.

We are asked to decide whether real estate closing or settlement services provided by two escrow companies constitute the unauthorized practice of law.[1] In Hulse v. Criger, 363 Mo. 26, 247 S.W.2d 855 (1952), the Court…