Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Gourley v. Smith

Washington Supreme Court

Decided February 28, 1914No. 11039PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Smith, J., entered October 30, 1912, upon a trial and conviction of contempt.

1Opinion of the CourtCrow, C. J.

This is a contempt proceeding ancillary to the action of Gourley v. Smith, ante p. 286, 139 Pac. 68, in which we have this day filed an opinion, and to which reference is hereby made. In that action, the defendant Jennie Sargent was ordered to deposit a certificate for 200,000 shares of capital stock of the Lost River Tin Mining Company with the clerk of the superior court of King county. This, upon demand, she refused to do. Thereupon, she was cited to appear before the trial judge and show cause why she should not be punished for contempt. Later she was adjudged in contempt, and appealed to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1914
  2. State ex rel. Sargent v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1913

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Fleming v. AdamsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  2. State ex rel. Foster v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1917
  3. State ex rel. Stevens v. Superior Court for King CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1914
  4. Grzegorz Gogolowicz, Appellant\cross-respondent v. Magdalena Gogolowicz, Respondent\cross-appellantCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2021

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