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KENTUCKY STATE BAR ASSOCIATION v. TUSSEY

476 S.W.2d 177 (1972)

KENTUCKY STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant, v. R. L. TUSSEY, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 4, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Cassis, Frank E. Haddad, Jr., Frank A. Logan, Louisville, for complainant.

Andrew J. Ross, Richmond, John E. Tarrant, Tarrant, Combs, Blackwell & Bullitt, Eli H. Brown, III, Brown, Eldred & Bonnie, Samuel L. Greenebaum, Greenebaum, Grissom, Doll, Matthews & Boone, Squire R. Ogden, Ogden, Robertson & Marshall, James W. Stites, Stites & McElwain, Leo T. Wolford, Middleton, Seelbach, Wolford, Willis & Cochran, Louisville, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

The primary question before us is whether the preparation of real estate mortgages for a bank by one of its lay officers constitutes the practice of law within the meaning of RCA 3.020, which at the time this proceeding arose read as follows:

"`The practice of law' is any service rendered involving legal knowledge or legal advice, whether of representation, counsel, advocacy in or out of court, rendered in respect to the rights, duties, obligations...

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