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issuer, 'and upon ,the facts, so far as disclosed in these proceedings, The motion to it was justified by the circumstances of the tl).odify the order will therefore be. denied.
POKEGAMASUGAR-PINE LUMBE'R CO.v. KLAMATH RIVER LUMBER , . "& IMPROVEMENT CO.
In re COOKet al. Court. N. D. I I , ,I' :
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April 19, 1898.) I'" -'
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A restraIning order must be obeyed in its entirety until modified; and, in a proceeding to punish respondents for its 'violation, the plea that they were . acting, under the advice' of counsel, honestly given, may serve to mitigate thepunishment for a violation. but is no defense.
OF YOUNSEL-CONTEMPT.
Order to.show cause wilY defendants, should not be punished for contefupt,inviolating arestraining order. D., Madison and tT ames F., Farraher, of counsel), F. S. Stratton,s. C. Denson, and W. W. Kaufmann, for John R. Cook and others. ", RB.GiIlis'and James'R. Tapscott, perse. MORROW, Circuit Judge (orally). It has been determined, in passing upon ::the ,1Ilotion to modify the, restraining order in this case, that the' ,ordler was 'within the po:wer of the court to issue. 86 1;e'$ted. in, ,CO,urts 'cit 'the United States tQ PQnish for contewpt ofi!CQurtisfound.in section 725 of the Revised ,Statutell.t)ltprovides:as1follows: r 4'The sald coutts' shall' ha.ve I>0wel'to imtlOse and administer aU necessary oaths, and'to punish;bY'fi.'ne' or impIisonment';at the discretion of the court, contempts of their authority: provided, that such power to punish contempts shall not be ..:onstrued to t()\l;DY cases v!or of any person !n their presence, or so neilI"thereto as to obstruct' the admmistration of justice, the Qf, theofficel'i! of said court!l,in their· official transactions, ,or resistance by any such officer, or by any party, juror, or otl1ef ,peJ:$t:lI:l, to any .lawfj11 writ, process. order. rUle, decree. or <wwrpal,ld of the ,Iilald
The ol'derili questiOn was March 17, and was directed to the "Klamath River Lumber and Improvement Company; Your Successors, Officers, Attorneys, Agents, and Serv· ants,and Eacharld All of Them." It notified them that the,V were 'restrained from in 'any manner interfering with, impedJ.I'l.g, orhinderingr'and fromea:using to be interfered with, impeded, 'or hindered, thePokegama Sugar'Pine Lumber Company, complain· ant herein, its successors, 'officers, attorneys, agents, or employes, or any of them, from occupying,conducting, managing, and carry· ing on of the property mentiohed in a certain instrument in writing dated and acknowledged April' 7; 1807;" The order was served March 21, 1898, at Klamathori, Siskiyou county, in this state, on the Klamath River Lumber & Improvement Company, by delivering
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to and leaving with John R. Cook, as president and managing agent of the Klamath River Lumber & Improvement Company, and John R. Cook, John S. Cook, and W. E. Cook, designated as directors and agents, and H. B. Gillis, attorney for the company, a certified copy of the order. When this restraining order was issued there had been presented to the judge of this court a verified bill of com· plaint, in which the complainant demanded equitable relief, and which set forth facts upon which the relief was claimed, and upon these facts the restraining order was made. When the bill of complaint was presented to the judge of this court, it became his duty to consider and decide, upon the facts stated, whether or not to grant the order asked for by the complainant. He had the power to decide this question, and, having determined that the facts were sufficient to warrant him in issuing the order, the order so issued was valid and binding, and should have been received and obeyed. People v.McKane, 78 Hun, 154, 28 N. Y. Supp. 981; U. So v. Debs, 64 Fed. 724; In re Debs, 158 U. S. 564, 15 Sup. Ct. 900. The objection that the order was mandatory in its effect has been considered and disposed of on the motion to modify the order. But for the present purpose it is sufficient to say that, although it may ultimately be determined that this order was for that reason erroneous, it was nevertheless within the power of the court to grant, and it should have been obeyed. If there was any doubt as to its scope or character, the question should have been submit· ted to the court for its determination. It appears from the testimony that, while the deputy marshal was engaged in serving the restraining order in question, he was forci· bly resisted at the office of the lumber company at Klamathon by W. E. Cook and one George W. Marsh, and that they attempted to eject him from the office; that, upon visiting the mill for the purpose of making service of the order upon the persons in the mill, he found the mill openings closed and barricaded, and a number of persons inside in the charge of John S. Cook, who refused the officer admission to the mill; that the deputy marshal afterwards asked admission to the mill that he might post therein a certified copy of the restraining order, and he was again refused; that the deputy marshal also served a copy of the restraining order upon H. B. Gillis, attorney for the respondents, who stated that he did not see anything in the order which warranted his clients in giving up the possession of the property, and that he would so advise them; that the effect of this advice was that the respondent KIa· math River Lumber & Improvement Company, by its officers, agents, attorneys, and employes, maintained possession of the property to the exclusion of the complainant, until March 29, 1898; in other words, that complainant was not permitted by the respondent to occupy, conduct,manage, or carryon the business connected with the property involved in this controversy. This was clearly in violation of the restraining order. It is urged on behalf of the respondents that they are acting under the advice of ,counsel, and he justifies advice upon his views of the law and the result of the inju,nction proceedings in
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the state court.. What the respondents did, they did not do accidentally or unintentionally, but knowing fully what they were doing. What they did, therefore, is none the less legally a contempt of court, because they did not think they were disobeying the orders of the court, or were advised they were not. Any question of animus can be considered only in determining the extent of the punishment. Atlantic Giant·Powder 00. v. Dittmar Powder Mfg. 00., 9 Fed. 316. The conduct of the respondents cannot be excused, therefore, on the ground that they were·advised that they had a right to maintain possession of the property when such possession was clearly in violation of the order of this court. Nor did the result of the proceedings in the superior court justify the respondents in construing the restraining order of this court for themselves as permitting them to exclude the complainant from the property and from conducting and carrying on the business of the lumbering plant. In Muller v. Henry, 5 Sawy. 464, Fed. Oas.No. 9,916, the late Judge Sawyer held that, where parties had been enjoined from grading a street until the hearing -of the cause or the further order of the court, and, subsequently, proceeded to grade under the authority of a city ordinance passed after the issuing of the injunction, without first presenting the ordinance to the court and procuring a dissolution or modification of the injunction, were guilty of contempt, and that parties can only be relieved from the operation of an injunction absolutely prohibiting the performance of a specific act by the court granting the injunction. The princIpals in the present affair at Klamathon were John R. Cook, the president Qf the Klamath River Lumber & Improvement .Company, whose authority was such that he must be deemed to have sanctioned the proceedings of those who acted with and for him in this matter, and his two sons, W. E. Cook and John So Cook. Their conduct was clearly in disobedience of the order of the court.' The position of H. B.Gillis was that of a1- attorney for the Klamath River Lumber & Improvement Company and the legal adviser of the Oooks. He admits that the Cooks were acting by and under his advice in these'proceedings. With the Cooks were George W. Marsh, George Norris, and Tbomas McInerney, who participated aggressively in resisting the officer and the efforts of the complainant to occupy the property. The other respondents were employes acting in various capacities about the premises, principally as watchmen. In my opinion, all the respondents, except David S. Baxter, have been shown to be guilty of contempt of court in a greater or less degree. But manifestly the principals must be held mainly responsible for the acts of resistance that have taken place with respect to the property in question. I shall, however, consider in mitigation of punishment the proceedings in the iltate court wherein it was determined that it was not intended by the injunction in that case to exclude the respondents from the possession of the property, and the asserted good faith of the advice given by Mr. Gillis based upon such proceedings. I will fur.ther consider, as an important fact, on behalf of respondents, that
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when advised by counsel on March 29, 1898, that they should not exclude the complainant from the occupation of the property, they at once surrendered its possession to the complainant. It follows, in the opinion of the court, that John R. Cook, W. E. Cook, John S. Cook, and H. B. Gillis have been guilty of contempt of court, and the judgment is that they pay a fine of $50 each and the costs of the proceedings; and, unless the fines and costs are paid within 10 days, that they be imprisoned until the fines and costs are paid, not to exceed 30 days. That George Marsh, George Norris, and Thomas McInerney are also guilty of contempt of court, and that they be fined $50 each and the costs of these proceedings; and, unless the fines and costs are paid within 10 days, that they be imprisoned until the fines and costs are paid, not to exceed 30 days. With respect to J. R. Tapscott, I find that he is the junior member of the law firm of Gillis & Tapscott, and that what he did in this case was in accordance with the views of Mr. Gillis, the senior member of the firm. My judgment is, however, that he is guilty of contempt of court, and that he pay the costs of the proceedings, under the conditions heretofore stated. That Henry Martin, Julius H. Stock, Robert Hopkins, Abner Giddings, William Ferguson, J. H. Layman, Norman Campbell, E. Campbell, J. Van Landingham, J. P. Plunkett, Peter Linn, Albert Panknin, Frank L. Martin, William Hanning, Andy Davis, E. A. Farr, Nels Monson, H. L Small, and Louis Stoneburg are guilty of contempt of court; that they be fined the costs of these proceedings; and, if the costs are not paid within 10 days, that they be imprisoned until the costs are paid, not to' exceed 30 days. That in the case of David S. Baxter the order to show cause be discharged. LOAN & TRUST CO. et at v. FIDELITY TRUST CO.t (Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. February 14, 1898.) No. 371. 1. BANKS AND BANKING-DRAFTS BY AGENT-CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT TO AGENT INDIVIDUALLY.
The mere fact that an agent asks for a certificate of deposit in his own name for moneys of his principal is equivalent, nothing to the contrary appearing, to a decfaratlon by the agent that the money is received by him in his individual capacity, for his Individual use, and is enough to put the bank on inquiry as to why the agent wanted the certificate so issued, especially where the president of the bank knew the agent to be irregUlar and unrelia. ble in his business methodll.
2.
SAME-PREVIOUS DRAFTS.
The fact that previous drafts drawn by the agent, and credited to him as such agent on the books of the bank, or cashed when drawn, had been paid by the principal, did not warrant the bank in issuing a certificate in the individual name of the agent on a draft drawn by him as agent. Hawley, District JUdge, dissenting.
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the District of Washington. CroWley & Grosscup, for appellants. R. G. Hudson and R. S. Holt, for appellee. II RehearinJ( denied May 20, 1898.