Case Name: Forsythe v. Winans, City Solicitor
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1886-01
Citations: 44 Ohio St. 277
Docket Number: 
Parties: Forsythe v. Winans, City Solicitor.
Judges: 
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 44
Pages: 277–277

Head Matter:
Forsythe v. Winans, City Solicitor.
Section Vt'l't, Revised Statutes — Bond for injunction — Contempt of court.
Error to the District Court of Greene county.
Charles Darlington, for plaintiff in error.
James Winans, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
By the Court.
Where, under the provisions of section 1777 of the Revised Statutes, a solicitor of a municipal corporation briugs suit to enjoin the misappropriation of money by the council, he is not required to give an undertaking, and an injunction so allowed by a court of competent jurisdiction, or a judge thereof, operates without such undertaking being given ; and the members of council, or any of them, violating the injunction after notice thereof has been served upon them, are liable to be punished for the same as for a contempt of the authority of the court,
.Judgment affirmed.