 ... imprisonment in this class of cases, therefore, is not to vindicate the authority of the law, but is remedial and is intended to coerce the defendant to do the thing required by the order for the benefit of the complainant. If imprisoned, as aptly...  Standard Encyclopædia of Procedure ... - Page 385edited by - 1912Full view - About this book
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1913 - 1050 pages
...described in the words of the Supreme Court in 221 US 442, 31 Sup. Ct. 498, 55 L. Ed. 797, 34 LRA (NS) 874: "On the other hand, if the defendant does that which...disobedience Is a thing accomplished. Imprisonment cannot nndo or remedy what has been done nor afford any compensation for the pecuniary injury caused by the... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 1218 pages
...order for the benefit of the complainant. If imprisoned, as aptly said in Re Nevitt, 117 Fed. Rep. 451, 'he carries the keys of his prison in his own...the defendant does that which he has been commanded Dot to do, the disobedience is a thing accomplished. Imprisonment cannot undo or remedy what has been... | |
 | Law - 1923 - 376 pages
...complainant. If imprisoned, as aptly said in re Nevitt, 117 Fed. 451, 'He carries the keys of his prison an his own pocket.' He can end the sentence and discharge...moment by doing what he had previously refused to do." That figure of speech to the effect that a defendant committed for civil contempt carries the keys... | |
 | Bankruptcy - 1927 - 924 pages
...the benefit of the complainant. If imprisoned, as aptly said In re Nevitt, 117 F. 461 (54 CCA 635), 'he carries the keys of his prison in his own pocket.'...moment by doing what he had previously refused to do.' " It was further said in that case by Judge Rose : "We thoroughly agree with those courts which hold... | |
 | 1911 - 388 pages
...the complainant. If imprisoned, as aptly said in In re Xevitt, 117 Fed. 451, "he carries i he kevs of his prison in his own pocket." He can end the sentence md discharge himself at any moment by doing what he had previously refused to do. On the other hand,... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - Injunctions - 1912 - 396 pages
...the order for the benefit of the complainant. If imprisoned, as aptly said in In re Nevitt (117 Fed., 451), "he carries the keys of his prison in his own...disobedience is a thing accomplished. Imprisonment can not undo or remedy what has been done nor afford any compensation for the pecuniary injury caused... | |
 | Antitrust law - 1917 - 930 pages
...order for the benefit of the complainant. If imprisoned, as aptly said in In re Nevitt, 117 Fed. Rep. 451, " he carries the keys of his prison in his own...sentence and discharge himself at any moment by doing what«he had previously refused to do. On the other hand, if the defendant does that which he has been... | |
 | Harold Remington - Bankruptcy - 1915 - 1154 pages
...order for the benefit of the complainant. If imprisoned, as aptly said in In re Nevitt, 117 Fed. Rep. 451, 'he carries the keys of his prison in his own pocket.' He can, under the sentence, discharge himself at any moment by doing what he had previously refused to do.... | |
 | Daniel Woolsey Crockett - Law reports, digests, etc - 1922 - 1014 pages
...and ordered to jail until the same are paid "carries the keys of his prison in his own pocket,"' and can end the sentence and discharge himself at any moment by doing the thing commanded and which he has previously refused to do. Wells v. Wells. 4fi Okln. 88, 148 Pac.... | |
 | 1924 - 1636 pages
...for the benefit of the complainant. If imprisoned, as aptly said in Re Nevitt, 54 CC A. 624, 117 Fed. 451, 'he carries the keys of his prison in his own...moment by doing what he had previously refused to do. 36 (Hl ЫЛ. 19k, 118 Д.П. 600.) "On the other hand, if the defend- and ordered to 37 ant does that... | |
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