Harvey v. Prall

This is an action of certiorari in this court to review a judgment of the Dallas County District Court punishing plaintiffs Harvey and Thogmartin for contempt in violating its decrees enjoining them from hauling garbage, rubbish or trash in the city of Perry.

Plaintiffs’ sole contention is that the district court had no jurisdiction to enter the decrees or the judgment punishing them for contempt in violating the same by reason of section 367.4, Codes, 1954, 1958, which provides: “In cities having a * * * police court, such court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all actions or prosecutions…