Sawbrook Steel Castings Co. v. United Steelworkers of America

The single question of law presented to the Court of Appeals, and now to this court, is whether the trial court was authorized to commit the defendant to the county jail for any period. The appellant concedes that a contempt was committed but contends that since it was committed in violation of a temporary restraining order, the penalty should have been limited to that provided in Sections 11887 and 11888, General Code. Those sections are as follows:

“Section 11887. All injunction or restraining order granted by a judge may be enforced as the act of the court, and disobedience thereof punished…