Mitchell v. Sperling

The two defendants, as individuals, and as president and secretary, respectively, of the defendant association, appeal from an order denying a motion to punish them for contempt in so far as it attaches conditions to the denial of the motion.

Petitioner, a member of a benevolent association, obtained an order granting his motion to inspect, with his accountant, the books of the association at the expense of the latter. From this order no appeal has been taken. The books were duly produced and the inspection commenced. After the inspection had proceeded for about half an hour a dispute arose as…