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IN RE FIRST ESCROW, INC.

Nos. 72686, 72688.

840 S.W.2d 839 (1992)

In re FIRST ESCROW, INC., Respondent. In re BEST ESCROW, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

October 27, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert O. Hetlage, Ian P. Cooper, St. Louis, for informant.

Theodore L. Johnson, III, Glenn P. Green, Springfield, for respondent First Escrow.

Terry C. Allen, Jefferson City, for respondent Best Escrow.

PRICE, Judge.

We are asked to decide whether real estate closing or settlement services provided by two escrow companies constitute the unauthorized practice of law.1 In Hulse v. Criger, 363 Mo. 26, 247 S.W.2d 855 (1952), the Court addressed this question as it applied to real estate brokers. It was noted in Hulse that:

The duty of this Court is not to protect the Bar from competition...

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