The San Francisco call., 1895-11-14
WHITE IN CONTEMPT,
Round Valleys King Must
Pay His Fine or Go
to Prison.
MRS. WHITES VICTORY.
A Supreme Court Ruling Which
Settles the Alimony
Question.
JUDGE HEBBARD SUSTAINED.
Failure of the Attempt to Secure a
Review of the Lower
Courts Order.
JUDGE HEBBARD SUSTAINED.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Nov. 49, The
Supreme Court sitting in bank has re-
fused the application for certiorari to re-
view an order of the Superior Court of the
City and County of San Francisco adjudg-
ing George E. White, the "King of Round
Valley, guilty of contempt. and has also
denied his application for cerIiorari to re-
view and prohibition to stop the execution
OF a certain order of the same court relating
to the disposal of the community property
in the divorce suit brought against the Pc
titioner, by his wife, Mrs. frankie White.
In May, 1889, when these divorce pro-
ceedings were pending in the Superior
Court, the question of property rights was
referred to a referee, and in June, 1894,
receiver was appointed to take charge of
all the property.
On February 9, 1895, the report OF the
referee having been received, the Superior
Court made and entered its final decree in
the action, divorcing the parties and
awarding to Mrs. frankie White 100000
as permanent alimony and enioining
George E. White or any of his agents from
disposing in any way of the community
property. The receiver appointed by the
court was directed to continue in his ca
paclty, and to take all necessary measures
to enforce and secure the payment of the
amount awarded by the decree and certain
other unpaid monthly allowances, and was
empowered to dispose of sufficient
amount of the property to satisfy any
and all demands.
1t was this latter decision which caused
the application for certiorari to review
and prohibition to stop the execution. In
reviewing the writ the Supreme Court de-
cides that as in this case no reason is
urged why the right of appeal which the
petitioner enjoys will not furnish him
complete and full relief and that by such ap-
peal the hand of the Superior Court, and
that of its instrument, the receiver, is
stayed pending its determination, the
application should be and is denied.
In the matter of the application for
certiorari to review an order of the Su-
perior Court adjudging George e. White
guilty of contempt, it appears that when
the receiver was instructed to assume con-
troll of the property and hold it subject to
the direction and control of the court, and
Notwithstanding that the cattle king had
been enjoined from interfering in any way
with the action of the receiver, that he did.
IN direct contempt of the edicts of the
court, lease two parcels of land and ether
wise obstruct the actions of the receiver in
the efforts of the latter to take possession
of the property, Contempt proceedings
were instituted, the defendant found
guilty, and he was sentenced to confine-
ment of five days in Jail and the payment
of a fine of $500.
The defendant sought by these proceed
ings to have the judgment of the Superior
Court set aside.
In the review the Supreme Court de-
clares that whereas, numerous grounds
are urged against the validity of the judg-
ment, in their opinion they possess little
or no value. The record does not disclose
any excess of jurisdiction, as claimed, and
as no case is made out for the interposition
of the Supreme Court by the remedy of
certiorari it necessarily follows that the
writ is dismissed