Edmonds v. Webb
Decision Date | 19 April 1943 |
Docket Number | 31. |
Parties | EDMONDS v. WEBB et al., State Board of Law Examiners. |
Court | Maryland Court of Appeals |
Appeal from State Board of Law Examiners.
Application by Norman F. Edmonds to Frederick W. C. Webb and others constituting the State Board of Law Examiners, for admission to the Bar. From a decision of the Board disapproving the application, applicant appeals.
Affirmed.
William L. Rawls, of Baltimore, for appellant.
Frederick W. C. Webb, of Salisbury, for appellees.
Before SLOAN, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, MARBURY, GRASON MELVIN, and ADAMS, JJ.
This appeal is from the decision of the Board of Law Examiners disapproving the application of Norman F. Edmonds as a member of a Bar of another State (Massachusetts) for admission to the Bar of this State under Sec. 7, Art. 10, of the Code by which it is provided that: 'Members of the bar of any State, district or territory of the United States, who, for five years after admission, have been engaged as practitioners, judges or teachers of law, shall be admitted without examination on proof of good moral character, after becoming actual residents of this State.'
There is no question of residence or moral character involved. Both are conceded.
In pursuance of this statute this court adopted a rule (No. 14) regulating registration of law students and admission to the bar, which provides:
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