Pennsylvania Tank Line v. Jordan.

This is an appeal from an order of the superior court of Cook county committing Joseph H. McCabe and four other defendants to jail for contempt of court in refusing to appear before a master in chancery and give their depositions, as required by an order of that court. Each of the five defendants prayed and perfected a separate appeal, but the several cases have been consolidated and are herein considered together.

On September 27, 1928, the Pennsylvania Tank Line, a corporation, (hereinafter designated as complainant,) filed a sworn petition in the superior court. In this petition complainant…