Case Name: In the Matter of the Proceedings for the Disbarment of N. L. Ward
Court: Washington Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Washington
Decision Date: 1918-11-19
Citations: 104 Wash. 170
Docket Number: No. 7
Parties: In the Matter of the Proceedings for the Disbarment of N. L. Ward.
Judges: 
Reporter: Washington Reports
Volume: 104
Pages: 170–170

Head Matter:
[No. 7.
En Banc.
November 19, 1918.]
In the Matter of the Proceedings for the Disbarment of N. L. Ward.
Attorney and Client (7, 7-1) — Disbarment—Grounds—Misappropriations. The receipt of fees by an attorney while acting as administrator, for which he has not accounted, is ground for disbarment.
Proceeding filed in the supreme court March 20, 1918, for the disbarment of an. attorney, upon findings of the state board of law examiners against the accused.
Judgment of Disbarment.
The Attorney General and R. M. Burgunder, Assistant, for the state.
McGill & McKenney, McMaster, Hall & Drowley, and N. B. Brooks, for accused.
Reported in 176 Pac. 2.

Opinion:
Fullerton, J.
This is a proceeding for the disbarment of N. L. Ward. The state board of law examiners, before whom the hearings were had, made specific findings of sums of money, received by the attorney while acting as an administrator, for which he has not accounted. The findings are not disputed, the only defense offered being, a plea in extenuation. But we cannot think the plea in any manner mitigates the offense.
The order is, therefore, that the defendant be disbarred and his license to practice law in this state annulled.
All concur.