In Re Hittson

The judgment from which this appeal is taken is a judgment permanently disbarring the appellant from the right to practice as an attorney and counselor in the courts of this state. The accusation was filed on behalf of the Bar Association of Los Angeles County. The court found that the allegations contained in the first, third, and fifth counts of the accusation are true. The judgment is based upon those findings.

Briefly stated, the first count charged that while appellant and one Cleveland Schultz, also an attorney at law, were employed by one Plevros to represent him in the defense of a certain action, Plevros paid into the hands of said attorneys $142.50 to be applied on the payment of any judgment rendered against Plevros in said action, and for no other purpose; that judgment was rendered against him in the sum of $22.05; that said attorneys, although having in their joint possession the money so delivered to them by Plevros, converted the money to their own use, did not pay the judgment and refused to return the money or any part thereof to Plevros. It appears from the evidence that Schultz did pay the amount of the judgment without formal entry thereof. The evidence is,…