Brown v. Superior Court

UDALL, Justice.

This is an original proceeding in prohibition directed against the superior court of Pima County and Honorable Robert S. Tullar, the presiding judge of Division No. 3. We issued an alternative writ to test the jurisdiction of the respondent court to exact from attorney Darrel G. Brown (petitioner herein) compliance with an order or rule to pay over moneys by summary contempt proceedings where the relation of attorney and client did not exist between said attorney and the party seeking such relief.

The facts out of which this proceeding arises may be summarized as follows: Monte…