Nolan
Nolan v. the State Bar
Opinion
Lead Opinion
On August 8, 1932, Stanley P. Nolan, a member of The State Bar of California, was, after preliminary investigation, notified by local administrative committee No. 3, for the city and county of San Francisco, State Bar of California, to appear before that body on August 18, 1932, to then and there show cause why he should not be disciplined for professional misconduct and for violation of his oath and duty as an attorney and counselor-at-law in the following respects, to wit:
That at the city and county of San Francisco, state of California, within approximately one year prior to proceedings taken, he did receive and retain from Bertha Mae Hedges a credit for $98.91 on account of board and room and $35 on account of costs, under the pretext and representation that he would pay said $35 on account of costs for filing and conducting bankruptcy proceedings on behalf of said Bertha Mae Hedges, which she claims petitioner had advised her to commence. Said notice further informed him that he was charged with having failed and refused to account for said moneys so received or to render any services or take any steps whatever in the fulfilment of his obligations and that he had received…