Brown v. Brown
Cases that cite this one
21 later published cases cite this decision.
- McQueen v. State (Ind. 1979)
- In re Cary (District Court, S.D. New York 1882)
- Hopping v. State (Ind. 1994)
- In re the Contempt Hearing of Nasser (Ind. 1994)
- Russell v. State (Ind. Ct. App. 1981)
- CHINS: A A v. Indiana Department of Child Services (Ind. Ct. App. 2024)
- Russell Finnegan v. State of Indiana (Ind. 2024)
- Bellamy v. State (Ind. Ct. App. 2011)
- Troyer v. Troyer (Ind. Ct. App. 2007)
- Davidson v. State (Ind. Ct. App. 2005)
- In re Guardianship of Cmw (Ind. Ct. App. 2001)
- White v. White (Ind. Ct. App. 2001)
- Owen v. Vaughn (Ind. Ct. App. 1985)
- Kerr v. State (Ind. 1923)
- In re Chartz (Nev. 1906)
- Levara v. McNeny (Neb. 1905)
- Mahoney v. State (Ind. Ct. App. 1904)
- In re Proceedings for the Disbarment of Lambuth (Wash. 1898)
- Little v. State (Ind. 1883)
- Ex parte Smith (Ind. 1867)
- Redman v. State (Ind. 1867)
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Opinion of the Court
Petition for a divorce. On the hearing of the petition, it was dismissed.
The Court taxed the costs of the cause against the attorney of the plaintiff, because of the unnecessary grossness and indelicacy of the petition, and of his improper deportment in reading it.
To set aside this taxation, the cause is brought here.
To protect itself against gross violations of decency and decorum, is a necessary incidental power of a Court. They have the right to punish in this way such misconduct as is alleged in this case, on the part of an attorney. It is a power to be exercised at the sound discretion of the judge, and this Court can interfere only where it is shown to have abused its discretion.
This is not shown in the present case. See Loveland v. Jones, ante, p. 184.
The judgment is affirmed with costs.
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