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WILSON v. FENTON

No. 64973.

312 N.W.2d 524 (1981)

Woodrow L. WILSON and Patricia A. Wilson, Plaintiffs, v. Honorable Ray A. FENTON, of the Iowa District Court for Decatur County, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 25, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Turner, West Des Moines, for plaintiffs.

Jonathan C. Wilson and Steven L. Nelson, of Davis, Hockenberg, Wine, Brown & Koehn, Des Moines, for defendant.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and LeGRAND, UHLENHOPP, McCORMICK, and SCHULTZ, JJ.

McCORMICK, Justice.

Plaintiffs Woodrow L. Wilson and Patricia A. Wilson brought this certiorari action to challenge an adjudication and sentence for contempt. The adjudication was based on their failure to convey merchantable title to farm land pursuant to a trial court decree. They challenge the validity of the contempt finding and the penalty. We find no merit in their attack upon the adjudication, but we find the penalty cannot stand. Therefore we annul the writ...

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