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Show CHARGES AGAINST SKEENS DISMISSED SALT LAKE. July 24. The supreme court has dismissed each and every charge against Attorneys D. A. Skeen, J. D. Skeen and W. R. Skeen, brought awainst them for disbarment on April 6 in the name of the Interstate Sugar company, the Pioneer Sugar company, the Preston Sugar company and G. E. Sanders. It was the claim of these complain ants that the Skeens had resorted to tacUCs) in the way of litigation thv had tno result of throwing the mm-pun.' mm-pun.' complaining inro financial difficulties, dif-ficulties, and that the conduct of the attorneys WAS so rprenensiv as to warrant telr disbarment. The statement state-ment to this effect was presontcd for filing in the supreme court. The petition peti-tion was very voluminous. That bo ly having, at the suggestion of the State Bar association, some time ago appointed ap-pointed a grievance committee to facilitate fa-cilitate action in such proceedings, the matter was referred to that committee. commit-tee. It Is composed of former Judge C. W. Moree, D. II. Thomas and Sam-ual Sam-ual "Wl 8tewart. and his of the same personnel as the grievance committee of the State Bar association. The report of this commlttei waa recentlv (lied With the supreme court and that body took actio;i by entering the order formally disposing of the complaint. The report of the gi k' -ance committee, recommending the dismissal of the complain, states that repeated efforts were made to Have the , omplalnants appear before the committee in support of their allegations allega-tions of misconduct on the part of th .Skeins, but that no such appearance was made The report further states that neither Mr Sanders nor any representative rep-resentative of the companies which were parties to iho petition could be prevailed upon to Introduce evidence in support "f the petition. |