CARLSON v. CURTISS

No. 307.

234 U.S. 103 (1914)

CARLSON v. STATE OF WASHINGTON, ON THE RELATION OF CURTISS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 25, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Corwin S. Shank for plaintiff in error.

There was no appearance or brief filed for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff in error was adjudged by the Superior Court of Thurston County, in the State of Washington, to be in contempt of that court, in that, with notice of a decree made by it restraining and enjoining any further excavation of the Lake Washington Canal, or any lowering of the waters of Lake Washington, he proceeded to blow out an embankment at the head of the canal, which until that

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