Merrimack River Savings Bank v. City of Clay Center
Supreme Court of the United States
IN RE PROCEEDINGS FOR CONTEMPT. The facts, which involve questions of contempt for violation of injunction after decision of this court and before issuing of the mandate, are stated in the opinion. This court is possessed of . the power to so deal with the property as to make its final decision and judgment effectual.
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IN RE PROCEEDINGS FOR CONTEMPT. The facts, which involve questions of contempt for violation of injunction after decision of this court and before issuing of the mandate, are stated in the opinion. This court is possessed of . the power to so deal with the property as to make its final decision and judgment effectual. This court and not the Circuit Court is the tribunal clothed with authority, to maintain the status of the parties existing at the time an appeal is taken and thereby rendering it possible for its judgment and mandate to become effectual. Penn. R. R. Co. v. National Docks Co.,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lurton
■ The Merrimack River Savings Bank filed a bill in equity in the Circuit Court of the United? States for the District of Kansas claiming to be a creditor of the . light and power company by bonds secured by mortgage upon its plant, property .and franchises, against the city of Clay Center, the Clay Center Light and Power Company and certain individuals, officials of said city. . The bill averred that the Clay .Center Light and Power Company was a corpóration owning and conducting a light and power plant at Clay Center under a perpetual franchise, authorizing it to place and maintain a line of…
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