STATE v. POUNDS

No. 8564.

525 S.W.2d 547 (1975)

STATE of Texas, Appellant, v. Minor POUNDS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

Rehearing Denied August 4, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee H. Lytton, III, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Austin, for appellant.

Tom M. Richards, Lubbock, for appellee.


REYNOLDS, Justice.

The district court dismissed for want of jurisdiction the disbarment proceeding brought against a non-resident attorney licensed by the State of Texas and founded on alleged acts committed while he was a Texas resident. The trial court viewed the State Bar Act declaration that "No disbarment proceedings shall be instituted against any attorney except in the District Court located in the county of said attorney's residence as being mandatory and...

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