Hampton v. Annal Management Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Lucindo Suarez, J.

The issue in this small claim is whether this court can hold a party in contempt consistent with procedural and substantive due process for failure to respond to a judicial subpoena, actually received, containing caption and service deficiencies, where the previous underlying claim against it was dismissed. This court holds that the defects in the form and service of the subpoena are not sufficiently fatal to void this court’s jurisdiction to do substantial justice.

*289Plaintiff, Beatrice Hampton (Hampton), moved by order to show cause for an order to hold…