In re Lewis
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceeding in Habeas Corpus. PETITION by H. W Lewis, for release from custody on a commitment for contempt. The opinion herein, filed January 6, 1894, states the material facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.:
H. W. Lewis asks to be discharged from the custody of an officer who holds him in pursuance to an order of the district court of Sedgwick county, committing him for contempt. By this proceeding in habeas corpus, the petitioner challenges the power of the district court, which was exercised in the appointment of a receiver in the case of Price v. The International Loan & Trust Company et al., pending in the same court. If the district court had jurisdiction of the subject-matter of the action and of the parties thereto, and power to make…
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