Abney v. Harris

Wyatt, Justice.

Defendant in error makes a motion to dismiss the writ of error in this court on three grounds. The first ground is that the plaintiff’s application for attachment is for criminal contempt,-to which the State of Georgia is a necessary party, and since the State of Georgia is not a party to the bill of exceptions, it should be dismissed. The attachment for contempt in the instant case is for the purpose of compelling obedience to an order for the benefit of a party litigant, and not for disrespectful or contumacious conduct towards the court. It is, therefore, civil rather than…