Davis v. Davis

This is an appeal by Thomas H. Davis from an order made and entered by the superior court for King county, on January 29, 1942, decreeing that Mr. Davis be confined in the King county jail until an order dated September 25, 1942, be complied with by payment into the registry of the court of the sum of one hundred seventy-five dollars. The order appealed from was entered after the court had made and entered findings of fact to the effect that Davis was guilty of contempt of court, in that he had wilfully refused to make the payment of one hundred seventy-five dollars, although able to do so.

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