Ex parte Haley
Missouri Court of Appeals
Original Proceeding by Rabeas Corpus. The court, being one of general jurisdiction, has the authority to commit for contempt, and the petitioner ought not to be discharged.
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Original Proceeding by Rabeas Corpus. The court, being one of general jurisdiction, has the authority to commit for contempt, and the petitioner ought not to be discharged. R. S. 1879, sec. 2648 ; Ex parte McKee, 18 Mo. 599 ; Ex parte Goodin, 67 Mo. 647. The receiver is an officer of the court standing in the shoes of the sheriff in respect of the matter specially •entrusted to him by the court, and, by accepting which, he subjected himself to the full and complete jurisdiction of the court to make and enforce, as for contempt, obedience by him to all lawful orders of the court independent of…
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
The questions for decision arise upon a demurrer to "the return, from which it appears that the petitioner was duly appointed a receiver to take charge of a growing crop levied upon in an attachment suit; that such proceedings were had in the attachment suit that the .attachment was abated ; that thereupon, in pursuance •of an order of the court, the petitioner filed a report as .such receiver showing a balance in his hand as receiver •of 8400.91; that the court thereupon ordered him to pay this money to the personal representatives of the •defendant in the attachment suit, who had died…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ex Parte CrenshawSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
- Ex parte MasonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1884
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- In Re Fowler.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1925