Hill v. Thomas B. Jeffery Co.

This is an appeal from an order committing the plaintiff to jail for a contempt of court in failing to obey a subpoena issued by one John H. Lewis, Jr., a master in chancery at Galesburg, Knox county, this State, as a witness under a dedimus potestatem issued in this case by defendant to take the deposition of plaintiff as its witness in said cause, there to remain confined and deprived of his liberty until he evidences to the court a willingness to obey the subpoena, appear before the master at Galesburg and submit himself for examination as such witness.

The twenty-two assignments of error…