Drasdo v. Beck

Citations

• 37 Wash. 363
• 79 P. 948
• 1905 Wash. LEXIS 735

Syllabus

<p>Contempt — To Enforce Contract Rights — Order in Probate for Delivery of Exempt Property — -Warehouseman’s Receipt. Where in probate proceedings certain personal property, stored with a warehouseman by the deceased, was set aside as exempt to the widow, and order was made for its delivery to her, pursuant to which the warehouseman accepted from her the storage charges and issued her a warehouse receipt, she not wishing to remove the goods at that time, a subsequent delivery cannot be enforced by contempt proceedings for disobeying the order in probate, since the transaction was a constructive delivery and an independent contract enforcible in a proper action, and in no way connected with the order.</p>