Case Name: STATE BOARD OF LAW EXAMINERS v. C. D. BENSEL
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1913-07-03
Citations: 122 Minn. 529
Docket Number: Nos. 18,092—(35.)
Parties: STATE BOARD OF LAW EXAMINERS v. C. D. BENSEL.
Judges: 
Reporter: Minnesota Reports
Volume: 122
Pages: 529–530

Head Matter:
STATE BOARD OF LAW EXAMINERS v. C. D. BENSEL.
July 3, 1913.
Nos. 18,092—(35.)
Suspension of attorney.
Petition to this court hy the secretary of the State Board of Law Examiners for the disbarment of C. D. Bensel. The facts are stated in the opinion.
Application denied, but suspension of the attorney continued until January 1, 1914.
B. Sowtlmorth, for complainant.
O. D. Bensel, pro se.
Reported in 142 N. W. 1134.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
In State Board of Law Examiners v. Bensel, reported in 119 Minn. 532, 137 N. W. 1115, respondent was ordered suspended from his office as attorney at law until October 11, 1913. This is an application for his disbarment; the charges being to the effect that, since and after his suspension, he (1) caused or permitted circulars and also a newspaper article to be published, advertising to the public that he was still practicing his profession in this state, and would continue to practice and act as an attorney at law "just as usual;" (2) permitted the publication of notice of mortgage foreclosure sale by advertisement over his signature as attorney for the mortgagees; and (3) assisted in trials of causes in our district court as if he were associate counsel.
Respondent made application for an order of annulment of the order of suspension, which was heard with the disbarment proceeding.
While the secretary of the board of examiners admits the insufficiency of the evidence to sustain the last charge, yet it appears that respondent's conduct in this regard has not been in accord with the spirit of the previous order, and tlie other two charges are found to be true, with extenuating circumstances as to all.
Respondent's application is denied, and it is ordered that he be and is hereby further suspended from his office as attorney and counsellor at law in the courts of this state until January 1, 1914.