Minnesota Moline Plow Co. v. Dowagiac Mfg. Co.

(orally). In these cases the motion or petition for a writ of mandamus to the United States Circuit Court to direct it to punish the defendants for contempt for failing to obey the injunction will first be considered. Without stopping to review the course of proceedings which led to the order of the court below refusing to punish the defendants for contempt, the fact is that this court held that the question whether or not the defendants were guilty of contempt was a matter within the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court. Thereupon that court considered the question, and determined that the…