Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Anderson v. Daugherty

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1916PublishedCited by 24 opinions

FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Davidson County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. —A. B. Neil, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wikliams

Questions arise in this case in regard to the quart-turn of proof required to convict one of contempt of court, and to reversé a judgment of conviction on the appeal of the accused to an appellate court. .

The conviction of Daugherty in the - court below was one for the violation of an injunction issued by the court in a nuisance case inhibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors by him as contemnor. Acts (Extra Session), 1913, chapter 2, p. 665.

Contempts are of two kinds, civil and criminal. A “civil contempt” is one where a person refuses or fails to comply with an order of court in a civil…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
  2. In re NevittCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
  3. Steinhardt & Co. v. Galveston Cotton Seed Meal Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1911
  4. Cooper v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1909
  5. Clay v. WatersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1910

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Black v. BlountTennessee Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Tracy Rose Baker v. State of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 2013
  3. Grant v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
  4. State ex. rel. Flowers v. Tennessee Trucking Ass'n Self Insurance Group TrustCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2006
  5. Tucker v. State Ex Rel. SnowWyoming Supreme Court · 1926

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