Legal Opinion
Wetzel v. Bessemer Bar Ass'n.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 15, 1942No. 6 Div. 947PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Justice.
The review of an order made in a proceeding for contempt of court is by way of an appropriate extraordinary writ and not by appeal. 13 Corpus Juris 101; 17 C.J.S., Contempt, § 117; In re James H. Willis et al., post, p. 284, 5 So.2d 716.
It may be said that the remedy for review in contempt proceedings is by certiorari if the party in contempt is not in prison and by habeas corpus if the party in contempt is in prison. Robertson v. State, 20 Ala.App. 514, 104 So. 561; Ex parte Bankhead, 200 Ala. 102, 75 So. 478; Ex parte Dickens, 162 Ala. 272, 50 So. 218. For annotations on…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Ex parte DickensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Board of Revenue v. MerrillSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
- Robertson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1924
- Kelly v. Montebello Park Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1922
- Ex Parte BankheadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Nelson v. Darling Shop of Birmingham, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1963
- Ex Parte AbercrombieSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
- Ex Parte WetzelSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
- Lovelady v. LoveladySupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
- Carter v. State Ex Rel. Bullock CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
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