De Witt v. Superior Court

Citations

• 5 Cal. Unrep. 598
• 47 P. 871
• 1897 Cal. LEXIS 981

Syllabus

<p>Contempt—What Constitutes.—An Attorney for Defendant, in an action in which judgment is rendered that defendant restore possession of premises, who thereupon notifies the sheriff that he is the owner, and in exclusive possession, of the premises, and that defendant is not in possession, and that he will, by all lawful ways, resist any attempt to take possession from him, is not thereby guilty of contempt, though his notice deters the sheriff from serving the writ.</p>