Staley v. South Jersey Realty Co.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from an order of the court of chancery advised by Vice-Chancellor Howell. Two bills to quiet title were filed in the court of chancery against Samuel S. Staley and others, in one of which a final decree was entered on April 2d, 1909, and in the other of which' a final decree was entered on October 22d, 1909; in each case a permanent injunction was awarded restraining Staley from disposing of or claiming the right to malte title to certain lands referred to in the…
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On appeal from an order of the court of chancery advised by Vice-Chancellor Howell. Two bills to quiet title were filed in the court of chancery against Samuel S. Staley and others, in one of which a final decree was entered on April 2d, 1909, and in the other of which' a final decree was entered on October 22d, 1909; in each case a permanent injunction was awarded restraining Staley from disposing of or claiming the right to malte title to certain lands referred to in the said decrees, respectively. On June 18th, 1910, upon proceedings for contempt for Ihe violation of this injunctive…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Garrison, J.
Contempts are of two sorts, civil and criminal. The distinction has been frequently pointed out. Dodd v. Una, 40 N. J. Eq. 672; Thompson v. Pennsylvania Railroad, Co., 48 N. J. Eq. 105; Frank v. Herold, 64 N. J. Eq. 371; Gompers v. Buck’s Stove and Range Co., 221 U. S. 418; Gompers v. United States, May 11th, 1914.
In a civil contempt the proceeding is remedial; it is a step in the cause the object of which is to coerce one party for the benefit of the other part)' to do or to refrain from doing some act specified in the order of the court.…
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