State ex rel. Geiger v. Geiger

Citations

• 20 Wash. 181
• 54 P. 1129
• 1898 Wash. LEXIS 494

Syllabus

<p>CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS-APPEAL-NECESSITY FOB BOND.</p> <p>Proceedings against defendant as for contempt, in refusing to obey the order of the court compelling hiin to pay alimony upon a decree of divorce, do not constitute a criminal action; hence the failure to give an appeal bond upon an appeal from an order adjudging the appellant in contempt is not warranted by Laws 1S93, p. 122, § 6 (Bal. Code, § 6505), which provides that no bond shall be required when the appeal is taken by a ■defendant in a criminal action.</p>