Darst v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Woodford County; the Hon. S. L. Richmond, Judge, presiding. This was,a proceeding by attachment for contempt of court, against J. William Clark, James P. Darst, and others, in refusing to obey an injunction writ ordered by William G. Randall, master in chancery of Woodford County, Illinois, prohibiting Jefferson A. Davis, supervisor of the town of Olio, in Woodford County, Daniel It.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Woodford County; the Hon. S. L. Richmond, Judge, presiding. This was,a proceeding by attachment for contempt of court, against J. William Clark, James P. Darst, and others, in refusing to obey an injunction writ ordered by William G. Randall, master in chancery of Woodford County, Illinois, prohibiting Jefferson A. Davis, supervisor of the town of Olio, in Woodford County, Daniel It. Meek, assessor, Benjannn L. Moore, collector, and Frank M. Hoyt, clerk of said town, and their successors in office, and all other persons in said town from holding an…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thornton
Appellants were fined for contempt of court for refusing to obey a writ of injunction commanding them, as public officers, not to hold an election.
The case is identical, in the facts, with the case of Walton et al. v. Develing et al., 61 Ill. 201. The principles and reasoning in that case apply to this.
The writ of injunction was void, and a party can not disobey a void writ.
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.
Judgment reversed.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Walton v. DevelingIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
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