Russell v. French
Supreme Court of Iowa
Certiorari. The plaintiff is a practicing attorney, and was fined by tlie defendant for a contempt of court. lie claims that the court exceeded its jurisdiction or otherwise acted illegally in thus punishing him, and he seeks in this proceeding to have the judgment of the court set aside.
1Opinion of the Court
Seevers, J".
A canse was being tried in tlie circuit court, in wbicli plaintiff was acting as one of tlie attorneys for one of tké parties. During tlie progress of the trial'the plaintiff asked a witness a question, to which objection was made by the attorneys for the plaintiff that the question had been already answered, and thereupon the court, after hearing the prior questions and answers read by the short-liand reporter engaged in taking the evidence, announced his decision sustaining the objection, and stating that the question had been already answered. Immediately upon this ruling the…
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