Stimpert v. Abdnour

This case involves the construction of our Rule No. 19 — 5(1). (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap, no, par. 101.19 — 5.) Plaintiff was held in contempt and fined $100 by the trial court for refusal to comply with an order of the court requiring him to furnish defendants with a copy of a statement obtained by plaintiff and his attorney from the minor defendant prior to filing the suit. Plaintiff subjected himself to the contempt proceeding as an appropriate method of testing the validity of the pretrial order. (Kemeny v. Skorch, 22 Ill. App. 2d 160.) Upon appeal from the judgment of contempt, the…