§ 5-205 — Disobeying compulsory process, contempt

Any person disobeying such process, after being duly served therewith, shall be deemed guilty of contempt of the court from which such process issued, and on complaint made by the party injured to the district court whose clerk issued such process, such court may subject the person disobeying such process to the same penalties and forfeitures and in the same manner as such court is authorized to inflict upon persons disobeying writs of subpoena in other cases.

Legislative History

L. 1876, ch. 102, § 5; R.S. 1923, § 6-105; L. 1974, ch. 446, § 2; July 1.