MATTER OF CRANE


282 A.D. 490 (1953)

In the Matter of John M. Crane, an Attorney, Respondent. Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Petitioner

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

October 27, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank H. Gordon (George G. Hunter, Jr., of counsel), for petitioner.

John M. Crane, respondent in person.

PECK, P. J., GLENNON, COHN, BREITEL and BOTEIN, JJ., concur.


Per Curiam.

The Official Referee, with ample justification in the record, has found that the complainant and Saffran are unworthy of belief. With the destruction of their credibility the major charges involving willful venality on the part of respondent must fall. However, the fact remains that respondent was inexcusably remiss in his duty to his clients. As a New York attorney who was quite ignorant of the laws and...

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