CAHALIN v. GOODMAN


280 Pa.Super. 228 (1980)

421 A.2d 696

John Neville CAHALIN v. Mary Eileen GOODMAN. Appeal of Salena E. REBERT.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed August 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Stanley Rebert, York, for appellant.

Alan M. Black, Allentown, for appellee, Cahalin.

Before CERCONE, President Judge, and HESTER and HOFFMAN, JJ.


CERCONE, President Judge:

This is an appeal from the April 4, 1978, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County, holding appellant, Salena E. Rebert, in contempt. Two issues are presented on appeal: namely, whether the court below had the authority to summarily hold the appellant in contempt of court, and whether the court violated appellant's Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.

The circumstances surrounding the issuance of the contempt...

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