Legal Opinion
Robertson v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 26, 1943No. Record No. 2658PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEggleston, J.
This writ of error granted under the authority of Code, section 4932, brings under review a judgment whereby Archibald G. Robertson, an attorney duly qualified and licensed to practice in the lower court, was held to be guilty of contempt for refusing to obey an order of the court, while testifying in a case therein pending, and was fined the sum of $100.
The incident which led to the judgment under review arose in tins manner: Benjamin F. Goodson, while a passenger on a street car owned and operated by the Virginia Electric and Power Company, in the city of Richmond, was injured when the car…
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