Kullman, Salz Co. v. Superior Court

This is an application for a writ of prohibition to restrain the respondents from causing to be executed a judgment for contempt of court rendered by said respondents against the petitioner, Ansley K. Salz. The contention is, of course, that the action of the court in adjudging said petitioner guilty of contempt is in excess of the jurisdiction of respondents.

The petitioner, Kullman, Salz & Co., is a corporation, duly organized and existing under the laws of this state, and engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling leather and the products of leather, its tannery being located at Benicia, in the said county of Solano.

The petitioner, Ansley K. Salz, is the secretary of said corporation, Kullman, Salz & Co.

The petition discloses that the proceedings culminating in the order adjudging said petitioner guilty of contempt of court arose under the following circumstances: On the fifth day of October, 1910, one Jean McGregor Kullman instituted an action for divorce against her husband, Jacob Kullman, in the superior court of the county of Solano. The complaint in said action, in support of plaintiff’s claim for an allowance for her own support and maintenance and for the…