Hatlestad v. Hardin County District Court
Supreme Court of Iowa
Certiorari to Hardin District Court.— Hon. W. D. Evans, Judge. This is an original proceeding in certiorari to test the validity of an order and judgment finding complainant guilty of contempt in violating an injunctional order issued against him in a case of Plummer v. Hatlestad et al., 132 Iowa, 188, in the Hardin county district court.
1Opinion of the CourtHeemeor, J.
Complainant conteiids that the trial court was without jurisdiction of the contempt proceedings, and acted illegally in adjudging him guilty of contempt for the reasons (a) that no ease for contempt was ever docketed or tried; (b) that the evidence upon which the court acted was not taken in writing, filed and'preserved as provided by law; and (c) that there was no testimony in the case showing a violation of the injunctional order.
1. Certiorari: conclusiveness of return. The return made by respondent, which must be accepted as correct in the absence of proper attack, shows that in a civil…
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