Threadgill v. Beard

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.:

This is an appeal by the defendant, Elizabeth Beard, from judgment entered in Douglas District Court, sitting as the Small Claims Court of Douglas County, finding the defendant in indirect contempt and sentencing her to serve two days in jail.

In November, 1976, Carolyn J. Threadgill, a former tenant of the defendant, filed a petition in the small claims court seeking recovery of her initial tenant’s deposit of $100 plus damages of $150 under K.S.A. 1975 Supp. 58-2550(c). Summons was served on defendant by posting it (attaching it with a…