Pacific Live Stock Co. v. Ellison Ranching Co.

*353By the Court,

Orr, District Judge:

This matter is before us on a writ of' certiorari to review a judgment of the district court, holding the petitioners guilty of contempt.

Petitioners contend that the district court exceeded its jurisdiction in the following particulars: (1) That the affidavit upon which the proceedings in the lower court were instituted is wholly insufficient. (2) That a district court is without authority to declare an act of the legislature unconstitutional. (3) That the court erred in denying petitioners a j ury trial and in holding the act of the legislature so providing…