Legal Opinion

Dewey v. Superior Court

California Supreme Court

Decided October 9, 1889No. 13299PublishedCited by 37 opinions

Application" to the Supreme Court for a writ of review to vacate and set aside an order of the Superior Coúrt of Merced County punishing petitioner for contempt. ..... The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtFox, J.

This is a proceeding by writ of review to re-examine, vacate, and set aside an order of the superior court of the county of Merced, made after judgment,' and in proceedings for contempt for violation of a judgment for injunction.

The facts, as stated in the petition and appearing from the return, are, that in a certain suit pending in said court, wherein one Turner was plaintiff and Dewey, the petitioner here, was defendant, a judgment was made and given enjoining the defendant from maintaining a certain dam or other' obstructions in Mariposa Creek, and from maintaining a certain ditch or…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hovey v. McDonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  2. Merced Mining Co. v. FremontCalifornia Supreme Court · 1857
  3. Bliss v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1881

3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Hotaling v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1923
  2. Schwarz v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1896
  3. People v. KlinkenbergCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1949
  4. City of Hollister v. Monterey InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2008
  5. State Inv. & Ins. Co. v. Superior Court of San FranciscoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894

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