Vernon County Bar Ass'n v. McKibbin
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Vernon ■county: E. C. Higbee, Circuit Judge. Special proceeding to recall a license issued to George W. McKibbin to practice law.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Vernon ■county: E. C. Higbee, Circuit Judge. Special proceeding to recall a license issued to George W. McKibbin to practice law. The Bar Association of Vernon County petitioned for an order to show cause why the license, which was granted some two years before by the circuit court for La Crosse county, should not be revoked because such license was granted upon proof, only, that Mr. McKibbin had practiced law for two years in West Virginia, under a license duly issued to do so, but not by its highest court. The order was granted. Mr. McKibbin…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
A few general principles which need but to be stated to be recognized as sound and be appreciated, will disclose whether the learned circuit court decided rightly.
An attorney is an officer of the court and, in a sense, of the state. The position is one of much dignity and responsibility. It is very important to the people and the court that the standard of admission to the place and retention thereof should be as high as practicable in law, and maintained as high as practicable in fact. Much power in that regard is vested in the court by the constitution, incidental to its possession of…
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