Matheson v. Hanna-Schoellkopf Co.

J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

The facts upon which this proceeding for contempt are based were known to the petitioner more than four years before this attachment was-asked for, and, no sufficient excuse having been offered, I regard the delay as enough to justify me in refusing this motion. The injury done by the act complained of was peculiarly directed against the private right of the petitioner, and it was his duty to move promptly, instead of going on before the master, as if nothing important had happened. His neglect to take timely action leads me to believe that if the master had…