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FRAZEE v. CITIZENS FIDELITY BANK & TRUST CO.

393 S.W.2d 778 (1964)

James H. FRAZEE, Individually, etc., et al., Appellants, v. CITIZENS FIDELITY BANK & TRUST COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

As Modified and Extended on Denial of Rehearing July 2, 1965.

As Modified September 15, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbur Fields, Louisville, for appellants.

Thomas W. Bullitt, Lee Curd Miller, Bullitt, Dawson & Tarrant, Louisville, for Citizens Fidelity Bank & Trust Co.

James W. Stites, Stites, Peabody & Helm, Louisville, for Kentucky Trust Co.

Squire Ogden, Ogden, Brown, Robertson & Marshall, Louisville, for Louisville Trust Co. and Lincoln Bank & Trust Co.

Ben F. Washer, Joseph J. Kaplan, Louisville, for Liberty Nat. Bank & Trust Co.

F. Trowbridge vom Baur, Washington, D. C., amicus curiae.

Bert T. Combs, Lexington, Robert E. Hatton, Louisville, amici curiae on petition for rehearing.

WILLIAMS, Judge.

This is a contempt proceeding seeking injunctive relief and penalties against five trust companies for the unauthorized practice of law in performance of their fiduciary services. As fiduciaries, the trust companies, through salaried lay and legal employees, appear in probate court, draft all necessary papers and make final settlements of a number of estates without other legal counsel. They solicit fiduciary business through the local news media...

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