Fiedler v. Bambrick Bros. Construction
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. Jesse A. McDonald, Judge. (1) In Missouri, a corporation cannot be guilty of a criminal contempt. Section 2528, Revised. Statutes 1909; section 3642, Revised Statutes 1899. (2) If tlie operating officers and' servants of tlie defendant were not guilty of contempt (and the court so found) then the corporation could not be guilty of contempt.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. Jesse A. McDonald, Judge. (1) In Missouri, a corporation cannot be guilty of a criminal contempt. Section 2528, Revised. Statutes 1909; section 3642, Revised Statutes 1899. (2) If tlie operating officers and' servants of tlie defendant were not guilty of contempt (and the court so found) then the corporation could not be guilty of contempt. (3) A punitive sentence could not be imposed on defendant because the proceedings herein were a part of the original cause in equity. Gompers v. Buck S. & R. Co., decided May 15, 1911, by the Supreme Court…
1Opinion of the CourtReynolds, P. J.
On the 9th of May, 1907, the defendant corporation, appellant here, in a suit in equity instituted in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, in which it was defendant and. respondents plaintiffs, was perpetually enjoined from operating its quarry, located in a designated block in the city of St. Louis, o.r permitting it to be operated, so as to throw dirt, rocks or stones on any of the described premises of plaintiffs, or from so operating or permitting its quarry to be so operated, as to jar or shake any of the buildings on any of the premises of plaintiffs, or so as to cause them to…
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