State v. Dowdy
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from White Chancery Court;' Jesse C. Hart, Chancellor; The original order of injunction having been properly made, it was valid and binding until annulled or revoked. No appeal was.ever taken, nor any motion to dissolve the injunction ever interposed.
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Appeal from White Chancery Court;' Jesse C. Hart, Chancellor; The original order of injunction having been properly made, it was valid and binding until annulled or revoked. No appeal was.ever taken, nor any motion to dissolve the injunction ever interposed. Appellee was a party to the proceeding, and can not attack it collaterally, nor question its validity except upon the ground that it was void. 9 S. C. 606; 35 Kan. 616; 12 N. E. 136; High on Injunctions, § § 847, 848. 1. The decree was too indefinite • and uncertain to be enforced. It did not notify appellee in detail or in specific terms…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, J.
This is an appeal from a decision of the chancery court of White County in a contempt proceeding whereby appellee was.charged with having disobeyed a former decree of that court enjoining him from violating a certain contract entered into between him and one Greer, the plaintiff in that cause.
The decree which appellee is charged with having disobeyed is (omitting caption and recitals as to appearances of parties, etc.), as follows:
“And it appearing to the court that on the 9th day of September, 1895, plaintiff and defendant entered into a written contract, whereby defendant for a valuable…
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