Methever

On June 28, 1937, Gertrude E. Kamla, wife to Peter Kamla, made complaint to local administrative committee number nine of The State Bar of California, charg *231 ing petitioner, a member of said State Bar, with defrauding ¡complainant and her husband of the sum of three hundred dollars by a scheme devised by him, whereby he was to form a Nevada corporation in which the Kamlas and petitioner and his wife, as majority stockholders, were to engage in the business of raising for market purposes sheep, cattle, hogs and all kinds of poultry on a somewhat extensive scale.

Peter Kamla was an oil worker and spent most of his time in the oil fields of Kern County. His wife resided in Los Angeles, and the husband spent as much time as his employment would permit at their Los Angeles home. They owned three hundred and twenty acres of unimproved land near Barstow, San Bernardino County. On September 22, 1935, they caused an advertisement to be published in a Los Angeles city newspaper, as follows: “Partner. Ideal location for sheep ranch, need partner with capital. 10253 San Miguel, South Gate.”

The advertisement came to petitioner’s attention and he contacted Mrs. Kamla and she interested…