In re Gottesfeld

Citations

• 245 Pa. 314
• 91 A. 494
• 1914 Pa. LEXIS 877

Syllabus

<p>Attomeys-at-law — Disbarment proceedings — Conviction of crime —Res adjudicóla.</p> <p>1. A particular sentence imposed or judgment rendered by a court having jurisdiction cannot be reviewed collaterally in any other court in any kind of proceeding.</p> <p>2. Where an attorney-at-law was convicted in a Federal Court of conspiring to conceal assets from a trustee in bankruptcy, and was sentenced, and upon application by the local bar association a rule was granted upon such attorney to show cause why he should not be disbarred, and the attorney filed an answer which alleged that he was not guilty of the ofíense of which he had been convicted but which did not impeach the record, the guilt of such attorney was a fact established of record, and could not be disputed collaterally and the Court of Common Pleas made no error in entering a decree of disbarment.</p>