People ex rel. Post v. Grant
The Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo
Appeal from special term, New York county. ■ Habeas corpus. Relator, John H. Post, is held under a commitment made July 21, 1887, for contempt in disobeying a final judgment of the supreme court, and he appeals from an order dismissing the writ and remanding him to the custody of Hugh J. Grant, sheriff of New York county.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Brunt, P. J.
The validity and sufficiency of the order in pursuance of which the commitment in question issued having been determined by the court of appeals (King v. Barnes, 16 N. E. Rep. 332) against the contention of the relator, no question as to the regularity and sufficiency of the order is now before the court, and the only points which remain undetermined are as to the sufficiency of the commitment and the power of the respondent to arrest and hold the relator thereunder. The learned justice who made the order appealed from in his opinion has conclusively shown that the court which issued this…
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