State v. Phipps

The defendant in this proceeding was charged with contempt of the superior court. The trial resulted in a judgment of dismissal, from which the plaintiff, the state, appeals.

The facts may be summarized as follows: Harve H. Phipps, an attorney at law, was employed by the ad-ministratrix of an estate to carry on the probate pro ceedings. After the administratrix had taken her oath of office, bnt prior to the time that she had qualified as such by giving the bond required by the court, the respondent borrowed from her out of the funds of the estate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for his own…