Howat v. Kansas
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS. Writs of error to review two judgments of the Supreme Court of Kansas affirming sentences to confinement for contempt.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taft
These are two.writs of error to the Supreme Court of Kansas sued out (§ 237, Judicial Code) with the hope and purpose of testing the validity, under the Federal Consti tution, of the act of the Legislature of Kansas creating a Court of Industrial Relations. C. 29, Special Session, Laws of Kansas of 1920.
In No. 154, the plaintiffs in error were defendants in proceedings taken in the District Court of Crawford County, Kansas, to compel them to attend and give testimony under subpoena before the Court of Industrial Relations. They had refused to appear. After arrest and a hearing, they were…
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