Seventy-Six Land & Water Co. v. Superior Court

This is a proceeding upon certiorari for the purpose of reviewing the action of the superior court of the county of Fresno in adjudging the petitioner guilty of contempt.

On February 21,1890, that court, in an action therein pending for specific performance of an agreement to convey land, in which one Abbott was plaintiff, and the petitioner here the defendant, entered a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Abbott, the material part of which is as follows: “It is hereby ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the plaintiff herein, O. L. Abbott, have judgment as prayed for herein against the…