State Ex Rel. MacLeay Estate Co. v. Bailey

This proceeding was instituted for the purpose of having the defendant adjudged guilty of a civil contempt of court; the affidavit, which began the proceeding, charges the defendant with the violation of a decree of the circuit court of Curry county, which was entered October 4,1926, in a suit in which 33 individuals, designated by name, were the defendants, together with “about 50 other' persons whose names are unknown, engaged in commercial fishing on Eogue river, and all other persons of the same class.” The defendant was not one of the 33, but it is contended that he is a member of the…