In Re Jacobsen

[1] Victor L. Jacobsen was admitted to practice before all of the courts of this state by an order made on June 14, 1926. This is a petition for the revocation of that order. The affidavit of Jacobsen supporting his application for admission contained the following language: "That so far as affiant is aware, no charges of unprofessional conduct or proceedings for disbarment have been filed against affiant before any bar association, court or other body." It is now made to appear, however, *Page 237 that this statement was false; that prior to the application the applicant had been disbarred by the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County, state of Ohio, and that the judgment had been reversed by the Court of Appeals of the Eighth District of that state; that in addition thereto other charges had been preferred against him before the Cleveland Bar Association; and that he had appeared before the grievance committee of that body to answer to the charges. [2] We see no merit in the uncorroborated claim of respondent that he told one of his sponsors before his application for admission here the full details of the complaint, which resulted first in a judgment of disbarment, later…