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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 421.120 (2026)

Liability of disobedient witness for costs and damages

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When a witness is brought before a court for contempt by disobedience of a subpoena, and it is shown that the legal fees for travel and one (1) day's attendance were paid or tendered to him when the subpoena was served, and that he failed to attend without reasonable cause, the court may summarily order him to pay the party, on whose behalf he was summoned, the costs occasioned to him by the disobedience of the subpoena, not exceeding twenty dollars ($20); and he shall also be liable for any damages occasioned by the failure to attend. Effective: July 1, 1953 History: Transferred 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1953, from C.C. sec. 536.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1986–1986 · leading case: Hall v. Arnett ex rel. Greene, 709 S.W.2d 850 (Ky. Ct. App. 1986).
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Hall v. Arnett ex rel. Greene, 709 S.W.2d 850 (Ky. Ct. App. 1986). “Issue is also taken with the admissibility of the testimony of two beneficiaries under the will, specifically that of Woodrow Arnett and Wiley Arnett, on the basis that the dead man’s statute, KRS 421.120, prohibits such evidence because they were interested parties.”
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