Donovan v. Superior Court

39 Cal.2d 848 (1952)

JOHN F. DONOVAN, an Incompetent, et al., Petitioners,

v.

SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents.

L. A. No. 21859.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Nov. 21, 1952.

John F. Donovan, in pro. per., and Aileen M. MacLymont for Petitioners.

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel (Los Angeles), and William E. Lamoreaux, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondents.

SPENCE, J.

Petitioners, John F. Donovan and Jeanette G. Donovan, seek the annulment of a judgment of contempt in which they were fined respectively $2,000 and $4,500. They contend that the trial court was without…