Drew v. Hogan
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the defendants from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia adjudging them guilty of contempt of court for violating a temporary restraining order. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Duell
This is an appeal taken from an order adjudging the appellants Simon P. W. Drew, George Robinson, and William Howard guilty of a contempt, which consisted of a violation of certain preliminary restraining orders issued by the court below.
The suit is one originally brought by eight complainants, one of whom was a trustee and six were deacons of the Metropolitan *57Baptist Church, of Washington, District of Columbia, against one Drew, who had been acting as the temporary pastor of said church, and four others, two of whom were trustees of said church. The original bill states that the complainants…
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