In Re Mason

Petitioner, under the writ of habeas corpus issued herein, seeks to obtain his release from imprisonment under a judgment of contempt of the superior court of Los Angeles County.

As administrator of the estate of Emma M. Bond, deceased, Mason was ordered to show cause 'before the trial court why he should not file an account and be discharged as administrator, and upon a hearing his letters were suspended pending the filing of a report. Subsequently he filed an account and report, which was later amended. Evidence was offered at the hearing thereon, and the trial court held that both accounts…