Smith v. Government of Canal Zone
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from and in Error to the District Court of the United States 'for the Canal Zone; William H. Jackson, Judge. Suit by J. A. Corrigan and others against J. Budd Smith. From a decree for complainants, defendant appeals. Reversed, and suit dismissed. Proceeding by the Government of the Canal Zone, on rule of J. A. Corrigan and others, on J. Budd Smith, for contempt. There was a judgment punishing defendant for contempt, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
By an appeal and by a writ of error J. Budd Smith (who will be referred to as the appellant) presents for review two judgments or decrees, one rendered in a suit brought against him by J. A. Corrigan and others (who will be referred to as the appellees), and the other in proceedings following a motion made by the appellees that the appellant be required to show cause why he should not be 'committed for contempt for an alleged violation by him of a temporary writ of injunction issued in the first-mentioned suit at the time it was brought. If it is to be regarded that…
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