In Re McKelvey

In the Matter of Stevens, 77 Cal. App. 495 [ 247 Pac. 231 ], the court, in division two of this district, outlined the procedure which that division has established for its disposition of matters of this nature. In accordance with that procedure the matter of the application of Stevens was referred to the board of bar examiners for investigation and report to the court concerning both the moral qualifications and the mental qualifications of the applicant. The causes for disbarment of Stevens and of McKelvey were similar and arose out of the same transactions.

So far as the mental qualifications of McKelvey are concerned, we think that no further inquiry need be made. He practiced law as a member of the bar of this state for many years. There is nothing in the record tending to show that he was subject to any mental disqualification.

By reason of the facts above stated and by reason of the fact that an examination into the moral qualifications of Stevens is now being made by the board of bar examiners, it seems to us especially appropriate that the matter of the moral qualifications of McKelvey should be the subject of examination and report by that board at the same time.

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