DOHERTY v. FAIRALL

No. 21734.

413 F.2d 381 (1969)

Cornelius H. DOHERTY, Sr., et al., Appellants, v. Virginia FAIRALL et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 14, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Patrick J. Attridge, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Mr. Newton Frohlich, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Sidney S. Sachs and Peter R. Sherman, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before BURGER, TAMM and LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judges.


BURGER, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court adjudicating Appellant in contempt for refusing to produce copies of executed and unexecuted wills in his possession since they were drafted by him as attorney for the decedent. The parties have utilized this means of securing resolution of a question which can arise with some frequency in probate proceedings.

On September 20, 1965, and for over twenty years prior thereto, Appellant...

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