Ex Parte Connor
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Justice.
The petition was for a writ of prohibition by respondents in motion to punish for contempt for the violation of writs of injunction. On the hearing of the cause the petition was amended by adding the ground that the writs of injunction-issued by the circuit judges were vague, indefinite, and so uncertain as that the respondents could not understand the same. If this were true, it might constitute a defense to a contempt proceeding, but would not constitute a reason for granting the writ of prohibition. This defect, if such it was, would not go to the jurisdiction of the court…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Grimsley v. First Ave. Coal & Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1927
- Board of Revenue v. MerrillSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
- Carter v. MitchellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
- Toy Toy v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Hobbs v. Amador & Sacramento Canal Co.California Supreme Court · 1884
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Wetzel v. Bessemer Bar Ass'n.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1942
- Boyd v. GarrisonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
- People v. RyanIllinois Supreme Court · 1951
- In Re WillisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
- Watts v. Town of Green ValleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
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