Illinois Supreme Court, 1871

Darst v. People

Darst v. People
Illinois Supreme Court · Decided September 15, 1871 · Thornton
62 Ill. 306

Darst v. People

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Thornton

delivered the opinion of the Court:

Appellants were fined for contempt of court for refusing to obey a writ of injunction commanding them, as public officers, not to hold an election.

The case is identical, in the facts, with the case of Walton et al. v. Develing et al., 61 Ill. 201. The principles and reasoning in that case apply to this.

The writ of injunction was void, and a party can not disobey a void writ.

The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.

Judgment reversed.

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