Van Alen v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
APPLICATION for a Writ of Prohibition originally made to the District Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District to restrain the Superior Court from punishing the petitioners for contempt of court. Grant Jackson, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
WORKS, J., pro tem.
In a certain action in the superior court, brought for the foreclosure of a mortgage, in which the petitioners here were defendants, an order was made, after decree of foreclosure, appointing the respondent Kinney a receiver to take possession of the property mentioned in the decree. The receiver endeavored to take possession but the petitioners refused to surrender it, and were cited to show cause in the superior court why they should not be punished for contempt. They are here on a petition for a writ of prohibition preventing the respondent court from so punishing them.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Stoff v. ErkenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1916
3Cited by3 opinions
- Lieberman v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1925
- Westphal v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1932
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