New York Court of Appeals

Max Bachman, Respondent v. Charles H. Harrington, as President of the Rochester Musicians’ Protective Association…

April 17, 1906184 N.Y. 458

Summary

The Court of Appeals held that the mandatory injunction ordering the defendant to reinstate the plaintiff as a member in good standing was void because the court lacked statutory authority to grant such relief, and therefore the contempt conviction based on that order was invalid. The appellate orders affirming the contempt judgment were reversed.