Case Name: White v. City of Tifton
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1907-11-16
Citations: 129 Ga. 582
Docket Number: 
Parties: White v. City of Tifton.
Judges: All the Justices concu/r.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 129
Pages: 582–582

Head Matter:
White v. City of Tifton.
Submitted October 14,
Decided November 16, 1907.
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Mitchell. Tift superior court. September 7, 1907.
Fulwood & Murray, for plaintiff.
W. J. Wallace, for defendant.

Opinion:
IPish, C. J.
The general rule is that a court of equity has no jurisdiction-to enjoin the institution of prosecutions for criminal offenses; and this rule is applicable to prosecutions for violations of municipal ordinances, which are quasi-criminal proceedings. Nor will a court of equity, upon a petition for an injunction of such a nature, inquire into the validity or reasonableness of an ordinance making penal an act for the doing of which prosecutions are threatened. Paulk v. Sycamore, 104 Ga. 24; Georgia Railway & Electric Co. v. Oakland City, ante, 576.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concu/r.