Carter v. Utterback

This proceeding in certiorari determines the validity of a default decree of permanent injunction against the petitioner, for the violation of which he was tried and convicted on an information for contempt. The petitioner challenged the jurisdiction of the trial court by motion to dismiss the citation for contempt, on the ground that the decree of injunction alleged to be violated by him was void, as no original notice of the commencement of the injunction proceeding was served upon .him for the term of court in which the decree was entered.

The chronology of the case discloses that, on…