Ex parte TENNYSON

Ex parte TENNYSON
1938 OK 585
84 P.2d 638
184 Okla. 51
Case Number: 28694
Decided: 11/22/1938
Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Ex parte TENNYSON

Syllabus

¶0 1. INJUNCTION--Court at Suit of State Board of Barber Examiners not Authorized to Restrain Barber From Charging Less Than Fees Fixed by Association of Barbers of City.
The district court, at the suit of the State Board of Barber Examiners, is not authorized under the laws of this state to restrain a barber of any city from charging lesser fees than those fixed and agreed upon by an association of barbers of such city (art. 2. ch. 24, S. L. 1936-37).
2. HABEAS CORPUS--Right to Release Where Imprisoned for Contempt in Failing to Obey Void Order of Court.
A person imprisoned for contempt in failing to obey a void order of court is entitled to release on habeas corpus.

Proceedings in habeas corpus upon application of W. L. Tennyson. Writ allowed, and petitioner discharged.

Walter Mathews, for petitioner.
S. J. Burton, for respondent L. L. Fisher.

GIBSON, J.

¶1 Original proceedings in habeas corpus by W. L. Tennyson.

¶2 The facts in this case are in all material respects the same as those in No. 28584. Ex parte Tennyson, this day decided, 184 Okla. 50, 84 P.2d 627. The law as there stated and applied is adopted as controlling here.

¶3 The writ is allowed, and the petitioner ordered discharged.