IN RE BURTON

No. 522.

126 S.E.2d 581 (1962)

257 N.C. 534

In the Matter of Ottway BURTON.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 10, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cahoon, Egerton & Alspaugh, Greensboro, for petitioner contemnor.

Atty. Gen. T. W. Bruton and Staff Attys. Richard T. Sanders, Theodore C. Brown, Jr., and Harold D. Coley, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.


MOORE, Justice.

On 28 December 1961 Hal H. Walker, Special Judge of Superior Court, was at his home in Asheboro, Randolph County. The superior court was not in session and Judge Walker was in vacation. Ottway Burton is a practicing attorney, a member of the Randolph County Bar, and a resident of Asheboro.

The order signed by Judge Walker on 29 December 1961 makes recitals, which are summarized except where quoted verbatim, as follows: On 28 December 1961 the...

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