Legal Opinion
Nye v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 30, 1940No. 4640PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
R. H. Nye and L. C. Meares (Mayers) appeal from a judgment of the District Court whereby they were adjudged guilty of contempt of court by reason of conduct tending to obstruct the administration of justice. The offense occurred in connection with a suit brought by W. H. Elmore, Administrator of the estate of James Elmore, deceased, against G. T. Council and Germain Bernard, trading as B-C Remedy Company, in which the administrator charged that the deceased came to his death through the consumption of a dangerous and poisonous headache powder manufactured by the…
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