Wilde v. Superior Court

This is a proceeding instituted in this court to review an order holding petitioner guilty of contempt of court, and punishing him by the imposition of a fine of $300 to be collected by one day’s imprisonment for each two dollars of such fine in case it be not paid.

On January 20, 1941, petitioner, who had been an attorney at law, was permanently disbarred from practice in this state.

The material facts recited in the petition filed here should be briefly summarized. It recites that on December 2, 1936, judgment was recovered in the sum of $778.57 by plaintiffs in the Superior Court of San…