MAGEE v. STATE BAR

Docket No. S.F. 21037.

58 Cal.2d 423 (1962)

374 P.2d 807

24 Cal. Rptr. 839

EDWARD HOWARD MAGEE, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

September 27, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Reagh for Petitioner.

Garrett H. Elmore for Respondent.


THE COURT.

Petitioner challenges a finding by the Board of Bar Governors that he abused the confidence placed in him by an aged client, Mary Rohde, in drawing a will naming him the residuary beneficiary of her estate and in accepting a substantial cash gift from her. The board recommended that he be suspended from the practice of law for two years.*

The board's finding followed two hearings by a local administrative committee....

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