People v. Zimmer
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal by Edwin J. Zimmer from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District affirming a decree of the circuit court of Cook county committing him to the county jail of that county for contempt of court.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal by Edwin J. Zimmer from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District affirming a decree of the circuit court of Cook county committing him to the county jail of that county for contempt of court. It appears from the record that on July 1, 1902, George E. Kropf filed a bill in said court averring that a co-partnership existed between himself and John H. Dalton for the purpose of selling an…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
On November 18, 1902, the receiver filed his report, which was approved and the receiver discharged by an order entered on that day, over the objection of Dalton, the defendant in the suit. Thereafter, on February 26, 1907, the order approving the report and discharging the receiver was vacated, and the question principally discussed in the briefs is whether the court had jurisdiction to enter the order of vacation. Prior to November 18, 1902, the cause had been referred to a master to take proof upon the issues raised by the pleadings, and in July, 1903, the master filed a report sustaining…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cartwright's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
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