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IN RE LENNON

No. 254.

166 U.S. 548 (1897)

17 S.Ct. 658

41 L.Ed. 1110

In re LENNON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 19, 1897.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. G.M. Barber, Mr. Walter H. Smith, Mr. Frank H. Hurd and Mr. James H. Southard for Lennon.

Mr. George C. Greene for Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The only question which can properly be raised upon this writ is whether the Circuit Court exceeded its jurisdiction in holding the petitioner for a contempt and in imposing upon him a fine therefor. We are not at liberty to consider the testimony, or to inquire whether the facts, as they appeared upon the hearing, justified the action of the Circuit Court. It is only upon the theory that...

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