White v. City of Tifton
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Mitchell. Tift superior court. September 7, 1907.
1Opinion of the CourtIPish, C. J.
The general rule is that a court of equity has no jurisdiction-to enjoin the institution of prosecutions for criminal offenses; and this rule is applicable to prosecutions for violations of municipal ordinances, which are quasi-criminal proceedings. Nor will a court of equity, upon a petition for an injunction of such a nature, inquire into the validity or reasonableness of an ordinance making penal an act for the doing of which prosecutions are threatened. Paulk v. Sycamore, 104 Ga. 24; Georgia Railway & Electric Co. v. Oakland City, ante, 576.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concu/r.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Paulk v. Mayor of SycamoreSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
3Cited by9 opinions
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- Steinberg v. Mayor of SavannahSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919
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