Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-09-28 | Page 1 | Rulon Labrum in Contempt

RULON LABRUM I IN N CONTEMPT EMPT I Judge So Holds On Re- Re Refusal Refusal to Answer Questions SALT LAKE CITY Sept By The Associated As a result or of his refusal a second time to answer questions In a deposition Rulon La- La Labrum Labrum brum a member of the Salt Lake county board of commissioners will be cited for contempt of court Labrum Is defendant In a damage suit resulting from a visit he and ond two other of the board paid to the home of Mrs Hattie Carstensen mother of Miss Utah 1926 on July 6 last The plaintiff Is Mrs Belva Burgner charges an an alleged attempted assault Mrs Carstensen Is plaintiff In a similar action against County Corn Com Commissioner missioner Reuben T T. Dahlquist and Mrs Lucinda Parker the third worn worn- woman an seeks a similar amount from County Commissioner William H. H The Labrum case was to have come to trial this afternoon Zol- Zol lowing a a. ruling by L. L B. B Wight district court judge that Labrum must an- an answer answer questions In n a deposition Meanwhile counsel for the defense Is preparing a 0 writ of certiorari car car- carrying carrying the case to the state supreme court In an effort to have Judge Wight's ruling on the deposition re- re reversed versed According to the bills of lars lana In the damage actions the three county commissioners wearing deputy sheriffs sheriffs' badges called at the home of Mrs Carstensen after aUer Commissioner telephoned the woman say say- saying he was bringing two friends and for her to get a couple of girls In a fight which Is alleged tn ti have terminated the visit C C. CV W V P Porker husband of one of the plaintiffs Is said to have ha struck over the head with a chair inflicting a wound the closing or of which Seyer several stitches