Opinion
No. 1720
August 30, 1932
ATTORNEYS AT LAW — DISBARMENT — REHEARING — APPEAL AND ERROR.
1. Where decision in disbarment proceedings was rendered March 15, 1932, second petition for rehearing filed August 24th was too late (Supreme Court Rule 23). 2. Decision on first petition for rehearing is a final disposition of case, and second petition from same party will not be considered.
DISBARMENT proceedings from District Court, Big Horn County; JAMES H. BURGESS, HARRY P. ILSLEY and CYRUS O. BROWN, Judges.
Our decision in this case was rendered March 15, 1932. See opinion, 8 P.2d 1090. Respondent on April 5 filed his petition for rehearing which, on June 11, was denied without further opinion. Respondent now presents another petition for rehearing which was received by the clerk on August 24.
This second petition cannot be entertained. Our rules provide for an application for rehearing which must be made by filing a petition and brief within thirty days after the decision is rendered. Rule 23, 42 Wyo. 536. Applications after the expiration of the thirty-day period come too late. Bank of Chadron v. Anderson, 6 Wyo. 536, 49 P. 406; Dean v. Oil Company, 21 Wyo. 151, 128 P. 881, 129 P. 1023; State v. Sorenson, 34 Wyo. 97, 241 P. 607, 705.
Besides, the controlling rule seems to be that a decision upon the first petition for rehearing is a final disposition of the case, and a second petition from the same party will not be considered. Elliott on Appellate Proc., § 558; Marion Light Heating Co. v. Vermillion, 51 Ind. App. 677, 100 N.E. 55, 100; Moore v. Harkins, 179 N.C. 525, 103 S.E. 12.
Rehearing Denied.