Menuez v. Grimes Candy Co.

Citations

• 77 Ohio St. (N.S.) 386

Syllabus

<p>Contempt of court — May be punished by judge — Other than one . making decree — Judgment granting injunction■ — Appealed to circuit court — Circuit court may punish pending appeal, when.</p> <p>1. Contempts of court being punished as offenses against the administration of justice and'not as personal affronts to those ■ who exercise judicial functions, it is not indispensable that the violation of an injunction be punished by the judge who made the decree.</p> <p>2. An appeal having been taken to the circuit court from a judgment of the common pleas granting a perpetual injunction, a subsequent violation of the decree should be punished as a contempt by the circuit court, the statute providing that notwithstanding the appeal the injunction shall continue in force until suspended by the circuit court or two judges thereof.</p>