In Re Morton

By judgment of the superior court of Los Angeles County, entered in the year 1918, the petitioner was deprived of his license to practice law in the state of California. The facts as found by the court in that proceeding are set forth in a decision of the supreme court. (In re Morton, 179 Cal. 510 [ 177 Pac. 453 ].)

Petitioner alleges that during the succeeding seven years he has lived a “clean, sober and honorable life,” and has gained the confidence of all of the members of the bench and bar in the Texas counties where he has been practicing for some years under a license obtained prior to his former residence in California, although the fact of his disbarment in California was well known in Texas. These allegations are strongly supported by letters which bear the signatures of numerous lawyers, including some of the district judges and some of the justices of the court of appeals of the state of Texas.

Ample notice of the present application has been given to the Los Angeles Bar Association, which prosecuted the disbarment proceeding against Mr. Morton. The Bar Association presents no opposition to the reinstatement. On the contrary, the justices are directly informed by the…