MYERS v. UNITED STATES

No. 158.

264 U.S. 95 (1924)

MYERS ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 18, 1924.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Allyn Smith for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. George Ross Hull, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Plaintiffs in error challenged the jurisdiction of the court below — United States District Court, Western Division of the Western District of Missouri — to try and punish them for disobeying its order, upon the ground that the contumacious acts occurred in another division of the district. Only the question of jurisdiction is here.

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