Petition of Brack

⁴⁰⁸ Collins, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. William F. Brack filed with the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City on May 16, 1946, a petition alleging unethical conduct on the part of two attorneys of the Baltimore City Bar, namely: Messrs. Carlyle Barton and Edward L. Ward, formerly employed by him. He asked the Supreme Bench to assume jurisdiction, make such investigation as the case might require, and take such disciplinary action as it deemed proper under the circumstances.

On June 13, 1946, by order the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City denied the relief prayed. From that order William F. Brack appeals here. As was pointed out in the case of In re Williams, 180 Md. 689 , reported in full in 23 A. 2d 7 , no appeal in cases of disciplinary action against attorneys existed to this Court prior to the Acts of 1929, Chapter 370, Section 10F, Flack’s Code, Article 10, Section 17. This section provides : “Every attorney who shall, after a hearing held as hereinbefore prescribed, be found guilty of professional misconduct, malpractice, fraud, deceit, crime involving moral turpitude or conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, shall have the right of appeal to the Court of Appeals of Maryland, as in civil cases, except the Court of Appeals shall have the right to review the entire proceedings and affirm, modify, alter or reverse the order from which said appeal is taken as the substantial merits of the cause and the ends of justice may require.” By the statute this appeal is given to the attorney found guilty and not to any other person.

It was pointed out by this Court in the very recent case of Rheb v. Bar Association