Larrabee v. Selby

Citations

• 52 Cal. 506

Syllabus

<p>Contempt op Court.—If a person who has been removed from a tract of land nnder a judgment in ejectment afterwards acquires title to the same, or acquires the right to pre-empt, and does pre-empt the same, he is not guilty of a contempt of Court by re-entering.</p> <p>Idem.—Proceedings to punish a party for contempt of Court are not the appropriate proceedings for the trial of an issue of title.</p> <p>Appeal prom Order.—An appeal will not lie .from an order punishing one for a contempt of Court.</p>