Dunn v. Harris
Supreme Court of Georgia
Attachment for contempt. Before Judge Fite. Murray superior court. September 11, 1915. Six persons, as citizens and taxpayers of Murray county, filed their equitable petition against D. B. Dunn, T. M. Hemphill, and J. A. McGhee, as members of the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of that county, and J. M. Sellers, clerk of the board.
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Attachment for contempt. Before Judge Fite. Murray superior court. September 11, 1915. Six persons, as citizens and taxpayers of Murray county, filed their equitable petition against D. B. Dunn, T. M. Hemphill, and J. A. McGhee, as members of the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of that county, and J. M. Sellers, clerk of the board. For certain reasons they alleged that it would be illegal to levy a tax to build “or hull in” a court-house for the county in the town of Chatsworth. They also urged that the commissioners had issued warrants to Sellers for fees for services in the…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After stating the facts.) The power of the superior court to prevent disobedience of its injunctions is an important one. A temporary restraining order granted, to remain of force until the hearing of the application for an interlocutory injunction, has all the force of an injunction until rescinded or modified by the court. Civil Code (1-910), § 5501. If the court has-jurisdiction of the person and subject-matter, and grants an injunction, the person enjoined can not justify a violation of it on the ground that it was erroneously or improvidently granted. A motion to have the injunction…
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