Snow's Laundry v. City of Dublin

1. This was a suit to enjoin criminal prosecutions under a city ordinance. The ease as made by the petition falls within the general rule that injunctions will not issue to restrain criminal prosecutions. City of Douglas v. South Georgia Grocery Co., 178 Ga. 657 (174 S. E. 127); Lacy v. Blue Ridge, 180 Ga. 678 (180 S. E. 607); Corley v. Atlanta, 181 Ga. 381 (182 S. E. 177).

2. The ruling stated above is not altered by the fact that a forfeiture of license will result from a conviction, the provision as to forfeiture being penal in character. If the ordinance is void as alleged, both the…