Patterson v. Wyoming Valley District Council
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 38, Jan. T., 1905, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Luzerne Co., Dec. T., 1901, No. 2, sentencing for contempt of court in case of J. E. Patterson & Co. v. Wyoming Valley Council et al. Rule for an attachment for contempt of court. Before Ferris, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Errors assigned were (1) order for production of books; (2) the-decree making absolute rule for attachment and (3) the sentence of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
On October 10,1901, the present plaintiffs filed a bill in the court of common pleas of Luzerne county alleging they were being injured in their business by reason of a “ boycott ” instituted and maintained by the present appellants and others, as a result of which workmen were prevented from working on any buildings to which any material was furnished by the plaintiffs, who conducted a planing mill and dealt generally in lumber and builders’ supplies. An answer was filed and the case went on practically to final hearing, after which, on April 7, 1902, a decree was entered…
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