¶1The petitioners, in the custody of the respondent sheriff, under a commitment of the St, Louis City Circuit Court for contempt in disobeying the injunction contained in the decree of that court in the case of State ex rel. South Missouri Pine Lumber Company v. William Crommer et al., from which an appeal was taken to this court, sued out a writ of habeas corpus from this court to obtain their discharge from such custody, the grounds alleged for such discharge being that the injunction contained in said decree was null and void for want of jurisdiction in said circuit court to allow it. In the opinion handed down to-day in State ex rel. South Missouri Pine Lumber Co. v. Dearing, reported at page 53 of this volume, the jurisdiction of the St. Louis City Circuit Court to make the injunctive, order contained in the decree aforesaid is sustained, and the ruling in that case disposes of the issues in this, adversely to the petitioners; hence, nothing remains to be done herein except to remand the petitioners to the custody of the respondent sheriff, and it is accordingly so ordered.
180 Mo. 148
Crommer v. Dickmann
Decided February 24, 1904
Supreme Court of Missouri · decided 1904-02-24
Habeas Corpus. (1) Prom the face of the pleadings in the main case, the question as to whether the Crommers had title to the land sold the lumber company and conveyed by its deed of trust back to them, is directly involved; and the admission made by the lumber company, first, in its motion for a rule against the Crommers for contempt, “ that the notes and deed of trust . . . were sought to be cancelled and declared void after having been procured by fraud and without…
Petitioners remanded to custody of sheriff · Decided 1904-02-24