Legal Opinion
Martin v. People
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 29, 1898PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Contempt of Court.—Appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sears
The question presented is whether the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, could, either upon the doctrine of comity or under the provisions of our statutes, punish a witness as for contempt, who had refused to obey the subpoena of a notary public of the county, who had been commissioned by the District Court of Linn County, Iowa, to take the deposition of such witness.
Under the provisions of the statute, section 36, chapter 51, Rev. Stat., the court could not enter the order appealed from. That statute has been construed by the Supreme Court in Puterbaugh v. Smith, 131 Ill. 199; and so…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Puterbaugh v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- In re the Application for the Issuing of Subpoenas to BushnellNew York Supreme Court · 1897
3Cited by2 opinions
- Peerless Mineral Springs Co. v. German American InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1912
- In re CanterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903