Chivilis v. West

Supreme Court of Georgia
Chivilis v. West, 182 Ga. 379 (Ga. 1936)
185 S.E. 348; 1936 Ga. LEXIS 370
Beck, Russell

Chivilis v. West

Opinion of the Court

Beck, Presiding Justice.

This was a petition to enjoin the solicitor-general and the marshal of the City of Athens from enforcing a criminal warrant against the plaintiff. The court upon the hearing refused an injunction. Held, that this court will not interfere with the enforcement of the criminal law. The fact that one arrest has been made and others threatened does not take this case out of the general rule.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

Concurring Opinion

Russell, Chief Justice,

while concurring in the judgment of affirmance, does not agree that the fact that one arrest has been made and others threatened does not take this case out of the general rule that ordinarily equity will not interfere with the enforcement of criminal law.

Lamar C. Bucher, Buperi A. Brown, and Howell Cobb, for plaintiff. Henry H. Wesi, solicitor-general, for defendants.

Reference

Full Case Name
Chivilis v. West, solicitor-general
Cited By
5 cases
Status
Published