Platnauer v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
APPLICATION for a Writ of Certiorari originally made to the District Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District to annul an order adjudging the petitioner guilty of contempt of court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
The petitioner was, by the respondents, adjudged guilty of contempt of court, and ordered to suffer punishment therefor by imprisonment in the county jail of the county of Sacramento for the period of one day. Claiming that, in so adjudging him guilty of contempt and so punishing him therefor, the court exceeded its jurisdiction, the petitioner, by this proceeding, asks this court for a writ of certiorari, to the end that the action of the court in that regard may be annulled and set aside as being absolutely void.
The alleged contempt occurred during the progress of the trial of the case…
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