PHILLIPS v. STATE

No. 62-234.

147 So.2d 163 (1962)

David D. PHILLIPS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

December 4, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ward & Ward; Max Spiegelman and David D. Phillips, Miami, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Herbert P. Benn, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Simon Englander, Miami Beach, for appellee.

Before HORTON, CARROLL and BARKDULL, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant seeks review of an order which, inter alia, found him guilty of reprehensible and contemptuous conduct and ordered him to pay a fine of $100 or be confined for ten days in the Dade County jail. We reverse.

The circumstances which prompted these contempt proceedings emanated from a civil action between Seymour H. Fine, as plaintiff, and Monterey Enterprises, Inc., as defendant. Appellant was the attorney for the defendant corporation and...

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