Gautreau v. Gautreau

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

C. A. Blanchard, a duly licensed and practicing attorney, having been found guilty of contempt of court during the course of a divorce proceeding in which *257he was of counsel for one of the litigants,1 and while confined in jail pursuant to his sentence thereunder,2 applied to this Court and was granted a writ of certiorari to review the validity of the proceedings; and in the meantime we ordered further action against the relator stayed.

The incident that gave rise to the conduct of the relator which resulted in his being found guilty of contempt occurred on December 11,…