State ex rel. Coleman v. City of Pittsburg

Citations

• 80 Kan. 710
• 104 P. 847
• 1909 Kan. LEXIS 149

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Contempt — Attempt to Defeat the Purpose of an Order — Parties —Fines. The court rendered a final judgment ousting a city from the exercise of the unwarranted power of in effect licensing the sale of intoxicating liquors under the guise of collecting fines by simulated prosecutions for the violation of the prohibitory law. To evade the effect of the judgment a number of saloon-keepers raised a fund from which they for a time paid the salaries of some -of the city’s officers and employees. Held, that all concerned in Jhe carrying out of this arrangement, whether or not they are to be regarded as having violated an injunction directed against them, are guilty of contempt of court in virtue of their having attempted to defeat the purpose of the judgment.</p>