Supreme Court of Georgia, 1907

White v. City of Tifton

White v. City of Tifton
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided November 16, 1907 · Ipish
129 Ga. 582; 59 S.E. 299; 1907 Ga. LEXIS 517

White v. City of Tifton

Opinion of the Court

IPish, C. J.

The general rule is that a court of equity has no jurisdiction-to enjoin the institution of prosecutions for criminal offenses; and this rule is applicable to prosecutions for violations of municipal ordinances, which are quasi-criminal proceedings. Nor will a court of equity, upon a petition for an injunction of such a nature, inquire into the validity or reasonableness of an ordinance making penal an act for the doing of which prosecutions are threatened. Paulk v. Sycamore, 104 Ga. 24; Georgia Railway & Electric Co. v. Oakland City, ante, 576.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concu/r.

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