Aungst Contempt Case

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County (one judge dissenting) denying (without prejudice) the petition of nineteen members of the bar of that court (appellants) for a rule to show cause why the respondents (appellees) should not be adjudged in contempt of court. The matter below was entirely ex parte; appellees became participants in this proceeding only before this Court upon receipt of appellants’ briefs on appeal.

There is no dispute as to the facts material to this appeal. On February 14, 1961, thirteen members of the…