Doniphan v. Lehman

Citations

• 179 F. 173
• 1902 U.S. App. LEXIS 5367

Syllabus

<p>1. Contempt (§ 2*) — Acts Constituting Contempt of Court — Conspiracy to Commit Contempt.</p> <p>A conspiracy to commit a contempt of court is not in itself a punishable contempt.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Contempt, Cent. Dig. § 5; Dec. Dig. § 2.*]</p> <p>2. Contempt (§ 13*) — Acts Constituting “Contempt” op Court — Taking Deposition.</p> <p>Neither the taking of a deposition to be used in a federal court in another state, in pursuance of a conspiracy to impose upon the court, nor the filing and publication of such deposition, is a misbehavior in thé presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, punishable as a contempt under Rev. St. § 725 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 583); but to constitute such contempt the deposition must have been used or offered in evidence.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Contempt, Cent. Dig. § 32; Dec. Dig. « 13.*</p> <p>For other definitions, see Words and Phrases, vol. 2, pp. 1489-1492; vol. 8, p. 7614.]</p>