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stating “[t]hat the court had the power and authority to punish as for a contempt the willful violation of its injunctive order cannot be questioned”
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December 7, 1951. Rehearing Denied January 15, 1952.
Petition from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County, Harry N. Sandler, J.
J. Tom Watson, Tampa, for petitioner.
Whitaker Brothers, Tampa, for respondents.
We here review an order of the lower court adjudging petitioner to be in contempt of its temporary restraining order theretofore entered against him.
That the court had the power and authority to punish as for a contempt the willful violation of its injunctive order cannot be questioned, State ex rel. Grebstein v. Lehman, 100 Fla. 481, 129 So. 818; and, since the lower court itself is necessarily the best judge of whether its order has been violated, its determination will not lightly be set aside. Baumgartner v. Joughin, 105 Fla. 335, 141 So. 185. There being abundant evidence to support the order of the lower court, the writ is denied.
Certiorari denied.
SEBRING, C.J., and TERRELL, CHAPMAN and ROBERTS, JJ., concur.