Theodore

This is an original proceeding in mandate to compel the superior court of Orange County to adjudge J. L. Adkins guilty of contempt for the violation of a decree granting an injunction against him in an action therefor, wherein petitioners were plaintiffs and he was defendant.

Petitioners were the proprietors of a laundry in the city of Anaheim, operated under the name of the Anaheim Laun dry. As an employee of petitioners, Adkins had charge of laundry route No. 1 in said city, his duty being to gather from and return to customers in such territory the articles consigned to petitioners for laundry. About March, 1919, Adkins severed his connection with the Anaheim Laundry and, in the same capacity, entered the employ of the Model Laundry, also operating in said city of Anaheim, and, using the information obtained while in petitioners’ employ, proceeded to solicit the business and patronage of customers of the Anaheim Laundry residing in said laundry route No. 1. Thereupon, in an action therefor, the court, on April 22, 1919, rendered a decree perpetually enjoining Adkins from soliciting, either directly or indirectly, any laundry work from any customers of petitioners who were such…