Matter of Barnes
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered December 4, 1911, which reversed an order of Special Term directing the respondent herein to answer certain questions propounded to him by a senate investigating committee and to produce before said committee certain books and papers. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. Section 856 of the Code of Civil Procedure is constitutional. (4 Black.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered December 4, 1911, which reversed an order of Special Term directing the respondent herein to answer certain questions propounded to him by a senate investigating committee and to produce before said committee certain books and papers. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. Section 856 of the Code of Civil Procedure is constitutional. (4 Black. Comm. 288; 1 Sm. Ch. Pr. 428, 429; Wigmore on Evidence, §§ 2190, 2191, 2290; Rex v. Almond, Wilmot, 254; Battys v. Gresley,…
1Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from an order of the Appellate Division, in the third department, which reversed an order committing William Barnes, Jr., to jail for refusing to answer certain questions, propounded to him, as a witness, by a committee of the senate of the state, and which denied the motion for his commitment.
On July 21st, 1911, the senate and assembly of the state adopted a concurrent resolution, which authorized the appointment of a special committee of the senate with power to investigate certain charges, which had been made concerning the administration of the various offices and…
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