Openshaw v. Young

WOLFE, Chief Justice.

The respondent has moved to dismiss the appeal on the grounds that there was no final judgment entered from which an appeal could be taken. It is necessary to an understanding of the questions raised by the motion to set forth the chronology of the case.

The respondent, Clarence R. Openshaw, was adjudged by the District Court of Salt Lake County to be guilty of contempt of court for refusing to comply with an order of the court relating to the payment of alimony. He was sentenced to serve a term in the county jail. The same day the District Court, through a different…