Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Gaynor v. McKane

New York Supreme Court

Decided May 14, 1894PublishedCited by 31 opinions

' Appeal from, special term, Kings county. Application Tby William J. Gaynor for an injunction against John Y. McKane, Nicholas J. Johnson, Harlan Crandall, James H. Cropsey, and Bichard V. B. Newton. From orders adjudging each defendant guilty of contempt of court, and imposing on each punishment by fine and imprisonment, defendants appeal. Affirmed.

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' Appeal from, special term, Kings county. Application Tby William J. Gaynor for an injunction against John Y. McKane, Nicholas J. Johnson, Harlan Crandall, James H. Cropsey, and Bichard V. B. Newton. From orders adjudging each defendant guilty of contempt of court, and imposing on each punishment by fine and imprisonment, defendants appeal. Affirmed. The appellants were adjudged guilty of resistance willfully offered to, and willful disobedience of, an injunction order granted by Justice Joseph F. Barnard on November 6, 1893. The injunction was granted in an action in which the relator was…

1Opinion of the CourtBrown, P. J.

If the supreme court had jurisdiction of the subject-matter of the action brought against the appellants, and if Justice Barnard had jurisdiction to grant the preliminary injunction, for disobeying or resisting which the appellants have been convicted, that order must be treated as a valid and binding order of the court, and, as such, was to be obeyed, until it was revoked by *982subsequent order made in the same action. People v. Sturtevant, 9 N. Y. 263; Railroad Co. v. Ramsey, 45 N. Y. 644; Mayor, etc., of New York v. New York & S. I. Ferry Co., 64 N. Y. 624; People v. Dwyer, 90 N. Y. 402;…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Hunt v. . HuntNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  2. People, Ex Rel. v. . Court of Oyer and TermNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
  3. The Erie Railway Company v. . RamseyNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
  4. The People v. . SturtevantNew York Court of Appeals · 1853
  5. The People Ex Rel. Negus v. . DwyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1882

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Bessette v. W. B. Conkey Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
  2. In re NevittCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
  3. Harrigan v. GilchristWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Bachman v. . HarringtonNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
  5. Clay v. WatersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1910

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