City of Vernon v. Superior Court in and for Los Angeles County

Full title: CITY OF VERNON et al. v. SUPERIOR COURT IN AND FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

Court: California Court of Appeals, Second District, First Division

Date published: Nov 9, 1950

223 P.2d 662 (Cal. Ct. App. 1950)

Opinion

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__ Cal.App.2d __ 223 P.2d 662 CITY OF VERNON et al. v. SUPERIOR COURT IN AND FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY. Civ. 17638. California Court of Appeals, Second District, First Division Nov. 9, 1950.

Hearing Granted Jan. 5, 1951. ^*

* Subsequent opinion 241 P.2d 243.

[223 P.2d 663] Carson B. Hubbard, City Attorney, Huntington Park, Edward R. Young, John F. O'Hara and John W. Shenk, III, Special Counsel, all of Los Angeles, for petitioners.

Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Bayard Rhone, Deputy Attorney General, for respondent,

PER CURIAM.

This is a companion case to that of Leonis v. Superior Court, Cal.App., 223 P.2d 657, and involves a review of the same judgment of contempt which is there annulled. In the present proceeding as in the Leonis case petitioners have been held in contempt for failure to raise an indefinite and undetermined sum of money, to be made 'available as required'; ambiguous as to amount, time and payee. For the reasons stated in the Leonis case, such a judgment cannot be sustained.

The judgment of contempt is therefore annulled.