METCALF v. EASTMAN


228 S.W.2d 490 (1950)

METCALF et al. v. EASTMAN et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 17, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Loch, William F. Murrah, Larry B. Creson, Memphis, amici curiae, for appellant.

Winchester & Bearman, Memphis, for Lamar F. Graves.


TOMLINSON, Justice.

An opinion discussing the particular facts of this case has been filed, but publication of that opinion is deemed unnecessary except upon two propositions of law. Hence, this separate opinion dealing alone with those questions of law is likewise filed, and for publication.

This was only a contempt case, insofar as there was an appeal from the decree of the Chancellor adjudging a lawyer in the case guilty of contempt of court in that he...

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