In re the Disbarment of Hopkins

Citations

• 54 Wash. 569
• 103 P. 805
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 1034

Syllabus

<p>Attorney and Client — Disbarment—Grounds—Acts Involving Moral Turpitude — False Certificates of Notary. An attorney is guilty of an act of moral turpitude, within Bal. Code, § 4775, authorizing his disbarment, where, acting as a notary public, he at divers times falsely certified, in his jurat and certificate to affidavits to be used in claims for pensions, that the witnesses appeared before him and were sworn and acknowledged the execution of the papers.</p> <p>Same — Decree of Disbarment — Discretion—Appeal—Review. A decree of permanent disbarment of an attorney will not be disturbed on appeal because of its severity, where from all the evidence it cannot be said that the court abused its discretion.</p>