Exparte Langdon
Supreme Court of Vermont
Habeas Corpus, on the petition of John B. Langdon, in which petition he set forth, that he was unlawfully imprisoned in the jail at Montpelier, by virtue of a warrant signed by J. Collamer, Chancellor, dated at Woodstock, on the 14th day of July, 1853 ; and that the relator has never been permitted and allowed an opportunity of defending himself, against the charge of disobedience of the injunction of said Chancellor, and that the hearing on said charge, was exparte, and…
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Habeas Corpus, on the petition of John B. Langdon, in which petition he set forth, that he was unlawfully imprisoned in the jail at Montpelier, by virtue of a warrant signed by J. Collamer, Chancellor, dated at Woodstock, on the 14th day of July, 1853 ; and that the relator has never been permitted and allowed an opportunity of defending himself, against the charge of disobedience of the injunction of said Chancellor, and that the hearing on said charge, was exparte, and without notice to the relator. The order and decree of the Chancellor, was as follows : “ Whereas it appears satisfactorily…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, Ch. J.
Without regard to the disposition of the libel for divox-ce, between the petitioner and his wife, it seems necessary to pass upon the question, of the relator’s discharge. For, although the injunction, only extends to the final judgment of this court in the libel for divorce, and therefore probably, no new process for contempt could be originated, after the' injunction had expired by its own limitation, even for a disobedience which occurred during its continuance, still, one being actually committed for *682contempt by an unlimited order,…
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