Case Title: The Florida Bar v. Keehley

Citation: 190 So. 2d 173

Docket Number: 

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 1966-09-21T00:00:00Z

Document:
190 So. 2d 173 (1966)
THE FLORIDA BAR, Petitioner,
v.
L. James KEEHLEY, Respondent.
No. 35042.

Supreme Court of Florida.
September 21, 1966.
*174 Edward I. Cutler, Tampa, and E. Martin McGehee, Tallahassee, for The Florida Bar, petitioner.
Edward L. Garnett, Tampa, for respondent.
PER CURIAM.
The cause is before us on petition of The Florida Bar charging respondent with the unauthorized practice of law, respondent's reply to rule to show cause, stipulation of the parties and report of the referee, Circuit Judge Victor O. Wehle. We set out verbatim the Referee's Report:
The report of the referee is approved and the recommendations adopted. It is therefore, the order of this Court that:
1. Respondent be enjoined from forming corporations, including the preparation of charters, by-laws, resolutions, stock certificates, and other documents incidental to the contractual rights of the corporation, its incorporators, and stockholders, and from advising others in respect thereto.
*177 2. Respondent be enjoined from advising others on the legal effect of joint tenancies or other types of ownership.
3. Respondent be enjoined from preparing any documents for others in connection with the purchase and sale of businesses with the exception of listings and deposit receipts or other initial agreements bringing buyers and sellers of businesses together.
It is so ordered.
THORNAL, C.J., and DREW, O'CONNELL, CALDWELL and ERVIN, JJ., concur.