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GALYON v. STUTTS

No. 379.

84 S.E.2d 822 (1954)

241 N.C. 120

Luther E. GALYON and Ollie Mae Brown Galyon v. Roy B. STUTTS and Vernelle A. Stutts.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 24, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ottway Burton, Asheboro, for appellant.

Brooks, McLendon, Brim & Holderness, Greensboro, and Moser & Moser, Asheboro, for appellees.

JOHNSON, Justice.

Contempts of court are classified in two main divisions, namely: direct and indirect, the test being whether the contempt is perpetrated within or beyond the presence of the court. A direct contempt consists of words spoken or acts committed in the actual or constructive presence of the court while it is in session, State v. Woodfin, 27 N.C. 199; State v. Nowell, 156 N.C. 648, 72 S.E. 590, or during recess...

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