Cameron v. Roberts
Cases that cite this one
4 later published cases cite this decision.
- State ex rel. Gunn v. Superior Court (Wash. 1920)
- State v. Biedler (Superior Court of Delaware 1916)
- Rix v. Sprague Canning Machinery Co. (Wis. 1914)
- Long v. Hawken (Md. 1911)
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Opinion of the Court
The service should have been set aside. The service of process upon a justice while holding court, or upon a party and witness in attendance upon, and in the presence of, the court, was a contempt of court. Cole v. Hawkins, And. 275; 1 Greenl. Ev. § 316. “It has long
The reasons for the rule are manifest. No court should be subject to such interruptions. Parties necessarily in attendance upon court should be free to attend to their ■duties without disturbance or fear of it. The rule is made to subserve the best interests of the public, and the due and speedy administration of justice.
By the Oourt.— Order reversed,' and cause remanded with directions to grant the motion.
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