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WOOD v. PORTER

No. 13433.

157 F.2d 672 (1946)

WOOD et al. v. PORTER, Price Administrator.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

October 24, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyree C. Derrick, of St. Louis, Mo., for appellants.

Charles Seibold, of Jefferson City, Mo. (David London, Director, Litigation Division, Office of Price Administration, of Washington, D. C., Leonard M. Cox, Regional Litigation Atty., of Waco, Tex., George L. Robertson, Dist. Enforcement Atty., of Fort Worth, Tex., and James D. Dockery, Dist. Litigation Atty., of St. Louis, Mo., on objections to motion), for appellee.

Before STONE and JOHNSEN, Circuit Judges.

STONE, Circuit Judge.

This is an action by the Price Administrator for injunction and triple damages based on claimed violations of price regulations. During introduction of evidence by plaintiff, his counsel stated as follows: "If the Court please, it is evident that the refusal of the witness to answer questions on the ground that to do so might incriminate him has left us without adequate proof to make this lawsuit. We had reason to believe that we could, by reason...

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