FREEMAN v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 23643.

44 Cal.2d 533 (1955)

282 P.2d 857

CHESTER LEE FREEMAN, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 29, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent Whelan for Petitioner.

Edgar B. Hervey and James Edgar Hervey for Respondents.


SPENCE, J.

Petitioner seeks to annul the order of respondent court adjudging him guilty of contempt for failure to pay the sum of $195 theretofore ordered to be paid by him as counsel fees and court costs. He contends that his conviction of contempt was an act in excess of jurisdiction because there was no evidence to show that he had knowledge or notice of the provisions of the order which he allegedly disobeyed. However, the record in the contempt proceeding does...

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