Butler v. Fayerweather
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
This is a writ of error to review an order committing the plaintiff in error for contempt, in default of answering certain questions propounded to him as a witness in an equity cause pending in the court in which the order was made. The witness was not a party to the cause, and based his refusal to answer the questions upon the ground of privilege; he being an attorney, and asserting the questions to call for professional communications of his client.
It is insisted for the defendant in error that the order cannot be reviewed upon a writ of error, but only upon appeal…
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