Carton v. Continental Casualty Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Weintraub, C. J.

Appellant refused to sign a pretrial order because he believed it did not set forth fully the position of his clients. Upon his continued refusal to sign, he was adjudged “guilty of contempt,” fined $25, and ordered committed to the county jail “until he shall pay * * * the sum so ordered and shall sign the Pretrial Order, unless the Court shall see fit sooner to discharge him.” We certified his appeal before argument in the Appellate Division.

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Appellant contended the court lacked jurisdiction of his clients and so asserted in the…