CARPENTER v. WELLS


358 S.W.2d 524 (1962)

C. D. CARPENTER et al., Petitioners, v. Honorable Courtney C. WELLS, Judge, Perry Circuit Court, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 15, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Logan E. Patterson, Pineville, appellant, pro se.

C. D. Carpenter, Stanton, appellant, pro se.

H. B. Noble, Hazard, Grant F. Knuckles, Pineville, for appellee.


MONTGOMERY, Judge.

C. D. Carpenter and Logan E. Patterson, both attorneys, have petitioned this Court to prohibit the Honorable Courtney C. Wells, Judge of the Perry Circuit Court, from compelling them to answer certain questions or from punishing them for their continued refusals to answer the questions or to make certain disclosures.

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