Ex parte Orford

The Court.

The petitioner is administratrix of an estate in probate. As such she was ordered by the superior court, in which the administration was pending, to *657pay a claim allowed on account of expenses of the last illness of her intestate. From this order she took an appeal to this court. Notwithstanding her appeal she was cited by the superior court to show cause why she should not be punished for a contempt of its authority, in failing or refusing to pay said claim. After a hearing she was found guilty of the contempt charged, and sentenced to be imprisoned until she should make the payment…