United States v. Anonymous
United States Circuit Court
In an equity cause pending in this court, in which a large amount of written testimony in the form of depositions was to bo taken in shorthand, a decree and order was made appointing the regular examiner of the court to take the proof of witnesses residing here, and many depositions had been taken by him; and others were being taken, when, on May 2, 1884, the examiner made a report to the court of certain alleged misconduct on the part of respondent, who was attending the…
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In an equity cause pending in this court, in which a large amount of written testimony in the form of depositions was to bo taken in shorthand, a decree and order was made appointing the regular examiner of the court to take the proof of witnesses residing here, and many depositions had been taken by him; and others were being taken, when, on May 2, 1884, the examiner made a report to the court of certain alleged misconduct on the part of respondent, who was attending the examination of witnesses before the examiner in a law office in this city, the respondent being a defendant in said equity…
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
The claim of respondent that his answer shall be treated as conclusively true cannot be admitted. Procedure in matters of contempt differs in courts of law and equity; and again in the latter according to the character of the alleged contempt. There are two classes of contempts in a court of equity, known as ordinary and extraordinary, though in modem times they have been called, as by Lord Chancellor Buouoham: in Wellesley’s Case, 2 Russ. & M. 639, civil and criminal; as to which he says: “I agree that there may oftentimes be a difficulty in finding—First, authority for deciding where the…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Ex Parte GarlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Ex Parte RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Ex Parte WallSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Ex Parte BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- In Re PaschalSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
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- State Ex Rel. Attorney General v. OwensSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1927
- Ex parte McLeodDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1903
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