Morehouse v. Giant Powder Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Nevada; Edward S. Farrington, Judge. • In the matter of the Exploration Mercantile Company, bankrupt. From an order granted on application of the Giant Powder Company, Consolidated, the Pacific Hardware & Steel Company and J. A. Fol-ger & Co., adjudging H. V. Morehouse and J. S. Thompson guilty of contempt and imposing fines, defendants bring error.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Nevada; Edward S. Farrington, Judge. • In the matter of the Exploration Mercantile Company, bankrupt. From an order granted on application of the Giant Powder Company, Consolidated, the Pacific Hardware & Steel Company and J. A. Fol-ger & Co., adjudging H. V. Morehouse and J. S. Thompson guilty of contempt and imposing fines, defendants bring error. On August 6, IDOS, W. O. Stone, tlie president and a director and tlie principal stockholder of the Exploration Mercantile Company, a corporation of Nevada, caused to be filed…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] We find no merit in the contention that the court below had no power or jurisdiction to enter the judgment for contempt committed against the. court wherein the injunction was issued for the reason that that court- ceased to exist on January 1, 1912, by virtue of the provisions of the new Judicial Code (Act March .3, 1911, c. 231, 36 Stat. 1167 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1911, p. 244]). The'District Court was not abolished by the Judiciary Act. in the sense and with the effect which is contended for. The new Judicial Code, so far as it affected the District…
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