Statement of the case:
On 21st Aрril, 1871, the plaintiff" issued a summons against Whitehead, Whitehurst and Wood, returnable to Fall Term, 1871, of Wayne Superior Court. This was served оn Wood, .alone, no publication was made for the other defendants. The plaintiff" filed a complaint, in which he alleged that one Abram Cohen had mortgaged to him a cеrtain stock of goods, by deed registered on 1st February, 1871. That Whitehead ■.and Whitehurst, (non-residents of the State) in April, 1871, recovered a judgment against Cohen, and took out execution, which was levied by Wood, a constable, on the said goods. Thеy pray an injunction against the defendants from selling or •dispоsing of the goods. Upon the summons and complaint, the Judge of the Third District ordered that the defendants .appear before him, on the 27th April, and show cause why *638 they should not be enjoined from selling or otherwise disposing of the goods. This was servеd on Wood alone. The record does not show that аny other enjoining order was ever made. On 27th April the plaintiff mаde oath, that Wood had attempted to sell the goods, notwithstanding the injunction. The Judge then notified Wood to apрear before him on 3d May, and show cause why he should not be attached for a contempt. On the 4th May, Wood appeared before Judge-Watts, and made an affidavit, in whiсh he denied having-attempted to sell the goods. How Judge Wаtts came to be acting in the 3d district, he being Judge of the 6th district, is stаted in Bear v. Cohen, ante p. 511, Judge Watts being in Craven. County and holding a Superior Court there, adjudged that Wood had committed a contempt of court in disobeying the injunction and ordered him “into the custody of the Sheriff of Craven, to be discharged on paying into Court, for the use of the plaintiff, one hundred and fifty dollars, the said sum being the аmount of damages sustained by said Morris, as assessed by the Court.”
Thе Judge further issued an order to the Sheriff of Wayne, directing him to take from Wood the goods formerly taken by him from Cohen, and deliver them to the plaintiff Morris-, which the Sheriff returns that he did. Whether Wood ever-paid the damages assessed by his Honor, the rеcord does not disclose, but it may be presumed that he did. In the case of Bear v. Cohen, ante 511, we have decided that- Judge Watts-had no jurisdiсtion in a case pending in the Superior Court of Wayne. Cоnsequently his orders in the present case were void*
We hаve also said in the matter of Rhodes, at this term, that even if he had jurisdiction of the case, he had no authority to fine the defendant Wood for contempt, and order the fine tо be paid to the plain tiff j as his damages from the breach of the-injunction, assessed by the Court. On the argument in this Court, these proceedings were not attempted to be justified, and it is therefore unnecessary to do more than refer to those cases* *639 For obvious reasons,.we forbear to sаy more upon these points than is strictly necessary.
It is ordered that the plaintiff, Morris, restore to the defendant, Wood, the goods mentioned in the order of Judge Watts, oi the 4th May ; and also that he immediately restore to the said Wood the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, paid by said Wood to said Morris, under color of the order of Judge Watts, dated 4th May, 1871.
Wood will recover of the plaintiff his costs in this Court.
Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed.