Legal Opinion
Jones v. Jones
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 8, 1947No. 6 Div. 460PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVINGSTON, Justice.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court, in Equity, of Jefferson County, Alabama, adjudging Robert Jones in contempt of court for his failure or refusal to pay an award for separate maintenance to his wife in accordance with the decree of that court. Appellant also on submission prayed for the alternative writ of mandamus in the event the appeal was found not to be the proper remedy.
It has long been the rule in this jurisdiction that contempt proceedings are not reviewable by appeal ttnder our statutes. The remedy is by certiorari. Easton v. State, 39 Ala.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Ex parte DickensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Board of Revenue v. MerrillSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
- Easton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1865
- Poyner v. WhiddonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
- Ex Parte HartwellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Nelson v. Darling Shop of Birmingham, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1963
- Alabama State Tenure Commission v. Mountain Brook Board of EducationSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
- Ex Parte MorrisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
- Lamar County Board of Education v. SteedleyCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1970
- Nichols v. NicholsCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1970
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