Westport National Bank v. Wood

This is an action brought against the defendants on a promissory note. The defendant Dorothy duB. Wood claims as a special defense that her signature was forged. Pursuant to § 185 of the Practice Book, the plaintiff Westport National Bank took the deposition of the defendant G. Hadden Wood, Jr. At the deposition hearing, the attorney for that defendant objected and refused to allow Mm to answer certain questions on the grounds that some of them would tend to incriminate him and others were irrelevant.

It has long been held to be our law that the privilege against self-incrimination applies to…