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Montana Oil And Mining Journal
Great Falls, Billings, Cascade County, Yellowstone County, Montana
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The Montana Supreme Court disbarred Great Falls attorney Jess H. Stevens, a July primary candidate for railroad commission, for failing to account for $91,004.24 and $124 received on behalf of Mahon Oil Company from judgments and settlements. He did not deny allegations or appear at the hearing.
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The Montana supreme court disbarred Jess H. Stevens, Great Falls attorney and candidate for railroad commission in July primary.
Stevens accused by the Mahon Oil Company with failure to account for $91,004.24, alleged to have been received by him as its attorney in payment of a judgment against the Adams company, and $124 received from the same company in settlement of another claim.
Mr. Stevens filed an answer in which, the court says, he "did not deny the allegations of the petition nor did he set forth any matter excusing the delinquencies with which he was charged."
Neither, says the court, did he appear, either in person or by counsel, at the hearing before the court's referee in Great Falls.
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disbarred by the montana supreme court for failure to account for $91,004.24 and $124 received as attorney.
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The Montana supreme court disbarred Jess H. Stevens, a Great Falls attorney and candidate for railroad commission in the July primary, after he was accused by the Mahon Oil Company of failing to account for funds received in payment of a judgment against the Adams company and in settlement of another claim. Stevens filed an answer that did not deny the allegations or provide excuses, and he did not appear at the hearing before the court's referee in Great Falls.