State ex rel. Tolls v. Tolls

The question for decision is whether the appellant, A. A. Bailey, county clerk and ex-officio clerk of the Circuit Court for Multnomah county, Oregon, may be punished as for a contempt for refusal to docket a purported judgment of the court and to issue execution thereon.

The case arises out of a suit for divorce brought by the relator, Ida M. Tolls, against the defendant, Roy E. Tolls. The plaintiff in that case applied to the court for an allowance pendente lite to enable her to prosecute the suit and for her support and maintenance, and the court, acting under the authority granted by Sec.…