Case Name: Smith Disbarment Case
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1954-01-12
Citations: 376 Pa. 255
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 307
Parties: Smith Disbarment Case.
Judges: Before Steen, C. J., Stearns, Jones, Chipset, Musmanno and Arnold, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 376
Pages: 255–271

Head Matter:
Smith Disbarment Case.
Argued November 24, 1953.
Before Steen, C. J., Stearns, Jones, Chipset, Musmanno and Arnold, JJ.
F. Raymond Heuges, with him John M. Smith, Jr., in propria persona, for appellant.
Theodore Voorhees, with him Mary E. Groff, for appellees.
January 12, 1954:

Opinion:
Opinion
Per Curiam,
This is an appeal from a decree of a Special Disciplinary Court of Common Pleas No. 2 of Philadelphia County, that John M. Smith, Jr. be disbarred from practice at the bar of the common pleas of the first judicial district of Pennsylvania, and striking Ms name from the roll of attorneys.
The case is before us de novo but the findings of the Special Disciplinary Court, if supported by competent evidence, are of especially persuasive influence: Samuel W. Salus's Case, 321 Pa. 103, 184 A. 69; Moyerman's Case, 312 Pa. 555, 167 A. 579.
After considering the entire record with care, the decree of the learned Special Disciplinary Court is affirmed on the opinion of John Morgan Davis, J., Vincent A. Carroll, J., and Raymond MacNeille, P.J.