The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-09
SALT LAKE AND
STATE NEWS
USED NAME RESEMBLING THAT
OF DECEASED ATTORNEY

Salt Lake City July S-Although T.
b. Laymon, an attorney. has been
dead for three years his name. al
tered with one letter. has appeared
recently on dozen OF more summons
issued from the city court In collection
cases handled by the Wallace Law
Collection agency in the D. F. Walker
building. When the attention of
County Attorney Job p. Lyon was
called 10 the matter Yesterday he I'M.
mediately put stop to it. If Lay
mons name appears on any more
summons John j. Wallace, president
OF the company, will be prosecuted for
forgery.
For more than two years the name
OF the dead attorney has been used
,, by the collection agency, according TO
the records. The first case of record
was DIR. WoodmanSee against Sam
Castleberry. Since that time dozens
of summons have been signed In this
manner where a settlement has been
made by the debtor without going TO
court.
The case which was called TO the at.
tention OF MI Lyon yesterday was
that Of DR.. w. H. Rothwell against
Jens Hanson for the collection OF a
doctors bill. When Wallace was called
By telephone by Mr.. Lyon he cX-
plalned that Laymon was member
of the firm and that he was now In
Cincinnati, o. Wallace admitted that
Laymon had not been in Salt Lake
for three years and that the attorney
had not signed the summons and had
no knowledge that II was being done.
Wallace denied that he knew of Lay
mons death The fact that the sum-
mons bears the name of "Layman' In
stead of "Laymon,' the latter being
the proper way to spell the name, is
the only thing that saved the collec~
tion agency from standing trial
About month ago Il summons was
received by q young man from the
city court and signed "Layman He
went To court to see about 1t, taking
the summons with him. He was told
that the suit had not been filed, as the
Wallace Collection agency, which was
handling the matter, had five DAYS In
which to file the case after the sum
mons was served, The young man
went to the Wallace Collection agency
to make a settlement and avoid
suit
When he went 10 the offices of the
company he asked for Mr.. Laymon,
The stenographer told him that Lay
mon had just stepped out but would
return shortly. She offered to have
the matter taken up by another mem
Der OF the firm. He consented and
agreed upon settlement No suit
was filed
II IS charged by several attorneys
whose clients have brought similar
summons to them that 1t Is bluff"
to scare the persons into making a
settlement without going to court and
pay costs. In the city court an attor-
ney can issue a summons upon his
own signature and then have five days
in which to file the suit, This is per
fectly regular and Is regarded as good
procedure when the attorney Is not
a dead man
John j. Wallace said this morning
when called by telephone that he had
nothing to say about the matter He
would neither affirm nor deny that the
name of LaynOn had been used on
summons issued at the instance of
his firm. Wallace was arrested for
embezzlcment about three years ago
but was acquitted
T. B. Laymon was well known In
Salt Lake He was suffering from
poor health when he came out here
and remained only a short time He
was employed at the Knutsford hotel
shortly before he returned to Cinoin-
natl. When he died there several
persons who knew him here received
word of his death from his family