¶1Held, that although the judges of an inferior court do not obey an order of this court, and thereby subject themselves to an attachment for contempt, yet, if their return to the mandamus shows that there was no intentional contempt on their part — instead of an attachment, an alias mandamus will issue.
4 Ark. 630
Ex parte Woodruff
Decided July 15, 1842
Supreme Court of Arkansas · decided 1842-07-15
Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently May 1861
1 state decisions
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Decided 1842-07-15
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