Ex parte Latimer

Citations

• 47 Cal. 131

Syllabus

<p>Power of Justice to Punish for Contempt.—A Justice of the Peace may adjudge a party guilty of contempt who, on proceedings supplementary to execution, refuses to obey an order directing him to deliver to an officer property which he has, liable to execution, and may direct him to be imprisoned until he complies with the order.</p> <p>Idem.—In such cases the jurisdiction of Justice is not limited to a fine of one hundred dollars and one days imprisonment, for Section 1,219 of the Code of Civil Procedure applies to Justice’s Courts.</p>