DOHERTY v. SHAMLEY

No. 1952.

132 A.2d 862 (1957)

Cornelius H. DOHERTY and Household Finance Company, a corporation, Appellants, v. Eva SHAMLEY, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided June 13, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. Walsh, Washington, D. C., with whom Cornelius H. Doherty, Washington, D. C., appellant, pro se, was on the brief, for appellants.

Donald J. Caulfield, Washington, D. C., with whom Bond L. Holford, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee. John S. Mears, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


ROVER, Chief Judge.

This controversy is before us on an adjudication of contempt after the individual appellant, an attorney, had failed to comply with an order of the trial court compelling the production of a written statement in his possession taken of a person not a party to the action.

Suit had been brought against appellant corporation for personal injuries sustained in a collision between the vehicle of appellee...

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