Kneisel v. Ursus Motor Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Fitch

delivered the opinion of the court.

This writ of error brings up for review an order of the circuit court of Cook county, by the terms of which' Leslie A. Gilmore, an attorney, is adjudged guilty of contempt of court, fined $100, and committed to the county jail for seven days.

The order was entered in one of 298 suits in equity pending in the circuit court, in each of which one Jacob Goldman was originally appointed receiver and afterwards removed and the Chicago Title & Trust Company appointed. The order sets forth at great length a series of facts which the court…