McCrone v. United States

WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal-from an order of the District Court finding appellant in contempt of court. The proceedings out of which the contempt order grew were brought under authority of act of Congress, 26 U.S.C. A. § 1523(a), as follows:

“ * * * To enforce summons. If any person is summoned under the internal-revenue laws to appear, to testify, or to produce books, papers, or other data, the district court of the United States for the district in which such person resides shall have jurisdiction by appropriate process to compel such attendance, testimony, or production of…