In re Contempt of Common Pleas Court

This appeal involves the validity of appellants’ convictions for contempt of court arising from their refusal as members of the Board of County Commissioners of Trumbull County to obey an order of the Probate Judge compelling them, in substance, to increase the appropriation for compensation of Probate Court employees and to authorize payment thereof.

The relationship between the various local courts of this state and their respective county commissioners, as concerns matters of finance, has on occasion been fraught with controversy concerning determination of a court’s yearly operating…