Zobel v. People ex rel. Kyle

August Zobel prosecutes this writ of error to a judgment of contempt rendered against him. The proceeding grew out of the trial and judgment in the case of Zobel v. Fanny Rawlings Mining Company et al., ante, p. 134. In that case, having found that Zobel had in his possession moneys amounting to nearly $3,000.00, which, in equity and good conscience, belonged to plaintiffs in that action, to which Zobel admitted he had no claim or title, but which, being in his possession, he held and was willing to dispose of as the court, by its decree, might direct, the district court adjudged him a…