Jones v. Jones

(concurring specially) :

The constitution gives appellant the right to have the decision adjudging him guilty of contempt reviewed by this court “upon *582appeal.” “The Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction to review, upon appeal, any decision of the district courts, or the judges thereof, * * *.” (Emphasis added) art. S, § 9. It should not be necessary to repeat that in the American political system the constitution is the fundamental organic law of the state, and that the act of any department or officer contrary to its provisions is null and void. Need we remind ourselves that any act of the…