LaFontaine v. Southern Underwriters Ass'n
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Rule upon a witness to show cause why he should not be attached for contempt in refusing to answer certain questions, heard at January Special Term, 1880, of Wake Superior Court, before Avery, J. This was a proceeding supplementary to execution, and on the 10th. of April, 1878, an order was made by the judge of the superior court, requiring George W. Blacknall, the treasurer and managing agent of the defendant association, to appear before a referee who was appointed to take…
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Rule upon a witness to show cause why he should not be attached for contempt in refusing to answer certain questions, heard at January Special Term, 1880, of Wake Superior Court, before Avery, J. This was a proceeding supplementary to execution, and on the 10th. of April, 1878, an order was made by the judge of the superior court, requiring George W. Blacknall, the treasurer and managing agent of the defendant association, to appear before a referee who was appointed to take and certify the examination of said Blacknall and such other witnesses as may be brought before him, to make discovery…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
In executing tlie order under which the referee is directed “to take and certify the examination of George W. Blacknall and such other witnesses as may be required to appear before him ” to make discovery and to examine concerning the property and rights of the said defendant, certain interrogatories were propounded to the witness named, which he declined to answer. These interrogatories, numbered consecutively'from 2 to 22 inclusive, omitting those numbered 3 and 4 as not material, are as follows:
2nd question. “ Have you the books mentioned in the subpoena and belonging to the Southern…
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