Butler v. Champlin
Appellate Court of Illinois
Contempt proceeding. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Murray F. Tuley, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1905.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ball
This is an appeal from an order entered May 27' 1904, finding appellant guilty of contempt in disobeying an order entered May 11, 1904, requiring him to deliver a certain certificate of life membership in the Chicago Athletic Association to appellee and committing him to jail for such disobedience.
When appellant was ruled to show cause he filed an answer, in which he attempted to justify his refusal upon the merits. The case of Champlin v. Butler, post, p. 41, in which the opinion is this day handed down, shows the facts and proceedings out of which this order grew.
In this case we are not…
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