Collier v. City of Memphis

Upon petitions of the City, W. A. and Alice T. Collier were cited for contempt for the alleged violation of an injunction. The chancellor was of the opinion that appeal' transferred jurisdiction to the Court of Appeals where it remained even after a- disposition of the cause in that court.

The cause in which the injunction was issued originated in the chancery court, was transferred to the jury docket and tried before the chancellor and a jury, and the appeal was from the decree of the court upon the verdict of the jury.

The case was not tried according to the forms of chancery and therefore…