State v. Caughlan

Schwellenbach, C. J.—This

is an appeal from an order of the superior court for King county, dismissing an appeal *730from a judgment of King county Justice of the Peace Dell Lampman, adjudging appellant, John Caughlan, to be in contempt of court. The dismissal was based on lack of diligent prosecution on the part of the appellant.

In order to understand the problem confronting us, we deem it advisable to set down in chronological order the following matters appearing of record in the superior court for King county:

April 12, 1950 Judgment of Dell Lampman, King County Justice of the Peace, dated…