People ex rel. Lamby v. Dwinelle

By the Court, Currey, C. J.

Certiorari for the purpose of reviewing the proceedings had in the District Court of the Fifteenth Judicial District in and for the County of Contra Costa, and the order of conviction by said Court rendered against the relator for contempt.

In June, 1864, M. S. Chase obtained judgment in said Court against Mathew Lamby as defendant, who soon thereafter was ejected from the premises under an execution issued on the judgment, and Chase was put in possession thereof. In March, 1865, while Chase was in the actual possession of the premises, Lamby re-entered into and upon…