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Matter of Deacosta

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 11, 1936
249 App. Div. 191 (N.Y. App. Div. 1936)

Opinion

December 11, 1936.

S.C. Lewis of counsel [ Einar Chrystie, attorney], for the petitioner.

David C. Broderick, for the respondent.

Present — MARTIN, P.J., McAVOY, O'MALLEY, TOWNLEY and GLENNON, JJ.


The great weight of the evidence herein establishes that the respondent in May, 1932, procured one Hays R. Browning to cash a check for him in the sum of sixty dollars, and in February, 1933, gave a check for forty-two dollars to one Bertona for food and drink furnished before and at the time of the delivery of said check. Both these checks were drawn upon accounts which had been closed since 1931. The checks were not made good until after the matters had been brought to the attention of the Bar Association.

The respondent should be suspended for one year with leave to appy for reinstatement at the expiration of that term upon proof of his compliance with the conditions incorporated in the order.


Respondent suspended for one year.


Summaries of

Matter of Deacosta

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 11, 1936
249 App. Div. 191 (N.Y. App. Div. 1936)
Case details for

Matter of Deacosta

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of RICARDO M. DEACOSTA, an Attorney, Respondent

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Dec 11, 1936

Citations

249 App. Div. 191 (N.Y. App. Div. 1936)
291 N.Y.S. 853