First Congregational Church v. City of Muscatine
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from the Muscatine District Court.. This is an appeal from an order of tbe District Court of’ Muscatine county, discharging Joseph H. Wallace, mayor-of tbe city of Muscatine, from an alleged contempt, in disobeying an injunction issued in a cause in chancery, wherein The First Congregational Church of Bloomington are complainants, and the city of Muscatine is respondent.
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Appeal from the Muscatine District Court.. This is an appeal from an order of tbe District Court of’ Muscatine county, discharging Joseph H. Wallace, mayor-of tbe city of Muscatine, from an alleged contempt, in disobeying an injunction issued in a cause in chancery, wherein The First Congregational Church of Bloomington are complainants, and the city of Muscatine is respondent. In the1 Supreme Court, a motion was made to dismiss the appeal,, for the reason that an appeal will not lie from such an order»
1Opinion of the CourtIsbell, J.
From the earnestness manifested to- sustain? this appeal, we are induced to examine tbe subject, more at length, than we otherwise would. And first how stands the-ease, aside from statutory regulations ? In the case of The Lord? Mayor of London, 3 Willis, 188, Blackstone, Judge, says : “All courts, by wbicb I mean to include tbe two houses of Parliament, and the courts of Westminster Hall, can ham *71no control in matters of contempt. The sole adjudication of contempts, and the punishment thereof in any manner, belongs exclusively and without interfering, to each respective court.” In the same…
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