In re Anonymous

Appellant Martin S. Rogers is prosecuting this appeal from an order of the superior court, Pima County, Arizona, finding him in contempt of court and ordering that he pay the sum of $100 to the superior court clerk to purge himself of said contempt or a bench warrant would issue for his arrest for failure to so do. Appellant thereupon filed his notice of appeal the same day. We have often reiterated the principle that an appellate court has a duty, sua sponte, to inquire into its jurisdiction to entertain an appeal, notwithstanding the absence of a challenge to such jurisdiction. Ginn v. Superior Court In and For County of Pima, 1 Ariz. App. 455, 457, 404 P.2d 721 (1965); Christian v. Cotten, 1 Ariz. App. 421, 423, 403 P.2d 825 (1965); Searles v. Haldiman, 3 Ariz. App. 294, 413 P.2d 860 (1966).