Chap. 14.—An ACT to prevent Attorneys-at-Law, who fail to pay
over moneys and valuables received by them, within a given time,
from practicing in the courts of the commonwealth.

Approved April 7, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That should any
attorney-at-law collect money or be the custodian of nego-
tiable paper or other paper representing money for any per-
son, corporation or court, and fail to pay over or deliver the
same, after such collection and demand, if the parties enti-
tled thereto are known to him, it shall be the duty of the
attorney for the commonwealth to move the court, on appli-
cation of a party aggrieved, to revoke the license of such
person as an attorney-at-law. Upon hearing the case, the
court shall, if it be of opinion that the attorney was wrong-
fully in default, forthwith, enter an order prohibiting. the
party so offending, to appear as attorney in any case, and
striking his name from the list of attorneys and revoking his
license as a lawyer: provided, however, that when there are
questions of dispute or other causes which should justify the
holding of the funds by attorneys, that it may be competent
to move the court for instructions as to the temporary dis-
posal of such funds.

2. Any attorney-at-law who shall have in his possession
money or negotiable paper, or other paper representing
money, collected or held for another prior to the passage of
this act, and shall fail to pay over or deliver the same within
ninety days, as hereinbefore directed and provided, or ask
the court for authority to invest the same, he shall be
deemed an offender under this act; and it shall be the duty
of the attorney for the commonwealth, on application of any
party aggrieved, to proceed against him, and the court to
enter an order in accordance with the provisions of this act.

3. This act shall be in force from and after the first day of
July, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.

Chap. 14.—An ACT to prevent Attorneys-at-Law, who fail to pay
over moneys and valuables received by them, within a given time,
from practicing in the courts of the commonwealth.

Approved April 7, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That should any
attorney-at-law collect money or be the custodian of nego-
tiable paper or other paper representing money for any per-
son, corporation or court, and fail to pay over or deliver the
same, after such collection and demand, if the parties enti-
tled thereto are known to him, it shall be the duty of the
attorney for the commonwealth to move the court, on appli-
cation of a party aggrieved, to revoke the license of such
person as an attorney-at-law. Upon hearing the case, the
court shall, if it be of opinion that the attorney was wrong-
fully in default, forthwith, enter an order prohibiting. the
party so offending, to appear as attorney in any case, and
striking his name from the list of attorneys and revoking his
license as a lawyer: provided, however, that when there are
questions of dispute or other causes which should justify the
holding of the funds by attorneys, that it may be competent
to move the court for instructions as to the temporary dis-
posal of such funds.

2. Any attorney-at-law who shall have in his possession
money or negotiable paper, or other paper representing
money, collected or held for another prior to the passage of
this act, and shall fail to pay over or deliver the same within
ninety days, as hereinbefore directed and provided, or ask
the court for authority to invest the same, he shall be
deemed an offender under this act; and it shall be the duty
of the attorney for the commonwealth, on application of any
party aggrieved, to proceed against him, and the court to
enter an order in accordance with the provisions of this act.

3. This act shall be in force from and after the first day of
July, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.