Hundley v. Foisy
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Contempt proceedings by A1 Hundley, City Judge, against J. E. Eoisy, Mayor. Judgment adjudging defendant in contempt and he applies for writs of certiorari and prohibition.
1Opinion of the Court
By the WHOLE COUET.
PROVOSTY, C. J.
The mayor of the city of Alexandria, defendant in this case, on being advised that a certain prisoner was being conveyed to the parish jail by the city marshal under a sentence imposed by the judge of the city court, plaintiff in this case, for violation of the city’s speeding ordinance, telephoned to the officer in charge of the jail to set the prisoner free as soon as delivered to him, and this was done, and thereupon plaintiff ordered defendant to show cause why his said act should not be adjudged to have been in contempt of court, and he be punished…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ex parte TurnerSupreme Court of Florida · 1917
3Cited by3 opinions
- City of Gretna v. RossnerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
- People Ex Rel. Grenfell v. District CourtSupreme Court of Colorado · 1931
- Dixon v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1963