State ex rel. Rankin v. District Court
Montana Supreme Court
Certiorari by the State, on the relation of Wellington D. Rankin, against the District Court of the First Judicial District in and for the County of Lewis and Clark and R. Lee Word, a Judge thereof, to review an order adjudging relator guilty of contempt. The judgment sought to be annulled is void upon its face. It fails to state any facts showing a contempt.
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Certiorari by the State, on the relation of Wellington D. Rankin, against the District Court of the First Judicial District in and for the County of Lewis and Clark and R. Lee Word, a Judge thereof, to review an order adjudging relator guilty of contempt. The judgment sought to be annulled is void upon its face. It fails to state any facts showing a contempt. This is manifest from a mere inspection of the judgment, which contains the sole record before this court beyond which this court may not look. (State ex rel. Breen v. District Court, 34 Mont. 107, 85 Pae. 870; In re Mettler, 50 Mont.…
1Opinion of the Court
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2Per curiam
Certiorari to the district court of Lewis and Clark county to review an order adjudging Wellington D. Rankin, Esq., an attorney at law, guilty of contempt.
On May 23, 1920, during the trial of a cause entitled The [1] State of Montana v. D. E. Rainville, in the above-named district court, the court made and entered the following order:
“The trial of this cause was this day resumed; present J. R. Wine, Esq., county attorney, George W. Padbury, Jr., assistant county attorney for the state, and the defendant with his counsel, Wellington D. Rankin, Esq., and A. H. McConnell, Esq., and the…
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