State ex rel. Marshall v. Roesch

The relator, who is one of the commissioners of the State Industrial Accident Commission, filed his affidavit and petition in the Circuit Court of Union County asking that an order be issued directing the defendant to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt. Thereafter such proceedings were had that the defendant appeared and answered to the charge. The' court overruled a demurrer to the answer and gave the relator twenty days in which to reply. The relator failed to reply, and thereupon both parties moved for judgment on the pleadings. The court sustained the defendant’s…