Thweatt v. Kiddoo
Supreme Court of Georgia
Mcvndcvmus. Contempt. Judgments. Practice in the Supreme Court. Before the Supreme Court. January Term, 1877. After the judgment of the supreme court was made the judgment of the superior court of Muscogee county in the case of Thweatt et al., vs. Gammell et al., 56 Ga.
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Mcvndcvmus. Contempt. Judgments. Practice in the Supreme Court. Before the Supreme Court. January Term, 1877. After the judgment of the supreme court was made the judgment of the superior court of Muscogee county in the case of Thweatt et al., vs. Gammell et al., 56 Ga. Rep., 98, the Thweatts presented the following motion: And now comes Robert R. Thweatt, in obedience to the judgment of the court, and offers to surrender to the sheriff of Muscogee county — - Two drays, costing..............................$325 00 One dray, costing......................'......... 100 00 Two sets harness,…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Judge.
1. When, on a full hearing in a remedial proceeding for contempt, imprisonment has been ordered unless certain terms are complied with, and, on writ of error, the order has been affirmed, the parties in contempt cannot, before the imprisonment has commenced, have the terms changed by urging their inability to comply, and by offering compliance with wholly different terms, unless the facts causing such inability arose after the order was passed. As to all matters of excuse which were, or might then have been, adjudicated, the order is final and conclusive.
2. After certain…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Thweatt v. GammellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1876
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