In Re Saul

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellant, a local attorney, was fined fifty dollars for contempt of court. 1 He appeals.

The alleged contempt arose from the following circumstances: In March 1960 appellant filed suit for a limited divorce on behalf of his client Catherine A. DeHart. Issue was joined and three months later the case was dismissed because of the reconciliation of the parties. In September appellant filed a motion to reinstate and the case was set for trial on the merits. On the morning of the trial appellant appeared at the clerk’s office of the Domestic Relations Branch and was directed…