GUILFORD NATIONAL BANK OF GREENSBORO v. SOUTHERN RY. CO.

No. 8381.

297 F.2d 921 (1962)

The GUILFORD NATIONAL BANK OF GREENSBORO, Administrator c.t.a., d.b.n., of the Estate of Joseph M. Coble, Deceased, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Garland BATCHELOR, Executor of the Estate of Annie J. Coble, Deceased, Third-Party Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 4, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. T. Leonard, Jr., Greensboro, N. C., and W. T. Joyner, Raleigh, N. C. (L. P. McLendon and L. P. McLendon, Jr., Greensboro, N. C., on brief), for defendant-appellant, Southern Ry. Co.

Welch Jordan, Greensboro, N. C. (Jordan, Wright, Henson & Nichols, Greensboro, N. C., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee, Guilford Nat. Bank of Greensboro, Administrator, etc.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and SOPER and BOREMAN, Circuit Judges.


SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment holding the defendant in contempt for refusing to obey the District Judge's order requiring the defendant, pursuant to Rule 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A., to produce written statements of witnesses obtained by its claim agent. The specific question presented is whether the District Judge has abused his discretion by finding that the plaintiff had satisfactorily shown such "good cause"...

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