In Re Soale

The Los Angeles Bar Association filed in the superior court of Los Angeles County an accusation verified by the oath of one Grace A. Hilbom, charging that Wilson H. Soale had violated his oath as an attorney and counselor at law by. the commission of certain acts therein described. An answer was filed denying the' facts alleged as showing defendant’s misconduct. After trial of the issues thus presented the court found that all of the allegations of the ac cusation are true, and it was ordered “that the accused, Wilson H. Soale, be deprived of the right to practice as an attorney at law in the state of California for one year from date hereof, and thereafter until the claim of the accuser, Grace A. Hilborn, against said accused is fully paid. ’ ’ From this judgment he appeals.

In September, 1909, and thereafter during the occurrence of the transactions involved in this case, Mr. Soale, as a member of the firm of Soale & Crump, was engaged in practice as an attorney and counselor at law in the .city of Pasadena, California. At the beginning of these transactions the lady now known as Grace A. Hilborn was Grace Hilborn Jenkins, the wife of one Jenkins. In September, 1909, Mrs.…