Case Name: The State ex rel. New Orleans Gas Light Company vs. Wm. Voorhies, Judge Second City Court
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1885-05
Citations: 37 La. Ann. 605
Docket Number: No. 9454
Parties: The State ex rel. New Orleans Gas Light Company vs. Wm. Voorhies, Judge Second City Court.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 37
Pages: 605–605

Head Matter:
No. 9454.
The State ex rel. New Orleans Gas Light Company vs. Wm. Voorhies, Judge Second City Court.
A court which has no jurisdiction over a cause ratione material, exceeds the bounds of its authority when it issues therein an injunction.
Such court has in such cases no power to entertain a rule for contempt for violation of such illegally issued injunction.
^PPLICATION for Prohibition.
T. J. Semmes & Payne for the Relator.

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Bermudez, C. J.