W. B. Conkey Co. v. Russell

Citations

• 111 F. 417
• 1901 U.S. App. LEXIS 4972

Syllabus

<p>1. Jurisdiction op Federal Courts—Diversity of Citizenship—Collateral Attack.</p> <p>Where the requisite diversity of citizenship to give a federal court jurisdiction appears on the face of the hill, the jurisdiction cannot he attacked by evidence dehors the record in a collateral proceeding by one who was not a party to the bill.</p> <p>2. Contempt—Conspiracy to Defeat Injunction — Jurisdiction to Punish.</p> <p>Where a federal court has issued an injunction directed against the defendants in the suit, and which has been served upon them, such court has jurisdiction to punish for contempt any person who, with actual knowledge of the injunction and of its scope and effect, combines and confederates with defendants who were enjoined for the purpose of violating and resisting it, and who, in pursuance of such conspiracy, aids and assists in the commission of acts which were enjoined. This jurisdiction exists by reason of the conspiracy to defeat the process of the court, and althoisgh such person is a stranger to the suit, and, by reason of his citizenship, could not have been made a defendant therein.</p>