Matter of Application of Lapique
California Court of Appeal
APPLICATION for a Writ of Habeas Corpus originally presented to the District Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District to procure the discharge of the petitioner from a commitment for contempt of court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
Petitioner was heretofore adjudged to be guilty of a contempt of court and ordered to pay a fine in the sum of five hundred dollars, or in default thereof that he be imprisoned in the county jail of Los Angeles County for a period in the proportion of one day for each two dollars of such fine, or until said fine be otherwise satisfied. He presents an application to be discharged from custody on writ of habeas corpus. It appears from the order of commitment that in a certain proceeding heretofore pending in the superior court petitioner filed an affidavit in support of a motion for…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lamberson v. Superior Court of Tulare Cty.California Supreme Court · 1907
- Ex Parte KarlsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1911
3Cited by10 opinions
- In Re BuckleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
- Blodgett v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1930
- Hume v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
- In Re CunhaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1932
- Lapique v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1924
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