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DUELL v. DUELL

No. 9699.

178 F.2d 683 (1949)

DUELL v. DUELL.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 16, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Milton V. Freeman, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Thurman Arnold, Harry L. Ryan, Jr., and Roger J. Whiteford, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Joseph G. Dondero, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. C. F. Rothenburg and Charles D. Hamel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before STEPHENS, Chief Judge and WILBUR K. MILLER and PROCTOR, Circuit Judges.

WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

Charles H. Duell, Jr., appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia which, because he had been held in contempt of that court, struck his answer from the record and awarded judgment against him for $794,762.50, as though he were in default. The action was taken in a suit brought by his former wife in 1942 for sums alleged to be due under the terms of a separate maintenance contract which...

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