Conway v. District Court
Supreme Court of Iowa
Certiorari to Fayette District Court. This is an action of certiorari originally instituted in this court to question the validity of an order finding the plaintiff guilty of contempt in violating an injunction against the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors.—
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, C. J.
In 1891 a decree was rendered in the district court in and for Fayette county enjoining the plaintiff in this action from making illegal sales of intoxicating liquors on certain premises in the city of Oelwein in said county. In a proceeding instituted in that court in January, 1906, it was charged that this plaintiff had been engaged since November, 1905, in keeping for sale and selling intoxicating liquors on said premises, and his punishment for contempt was demanded. The plaintiff as defendant in that proceeding alleged that the mulct law was in full force and effect in the city of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kane v. GradySupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
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