Shotkin v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad

Bernard M. Shotkin, describing himself as “appellant and petitioner,” comes here seeking relief, under Rule 113 (b), R.C.P. Colo., from an order of the trial court holding him in contempt, fining him $1,000, and sentencing him to sixty days in the county jail. The trial court, in answer to our rule to show cause, has filed reporter’s transcript of the proceedings leading up to the judgment and sentence.

From an examination of this record it appears that petitioner, in a jury trial in which the railroad company was seeking judgment against petitioner defendant as an individual, sought to…