FRENCH v. TOWN OF CLINTWOOD


125 S.E.2d 798 (1962)

203 Va. 562

G. Mark FRENCH et al. v. TOWN OF CLINTWOOD ex rel. Goldie JOHNSON.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied August 31, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin F. Sutherland, Dante, for appellants.

Glyn R. Phillips, L. Victor McFall, Phillips & McFall, Clintwood, on brief, for appellee.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, WHITTLE, SNEAD, I'ANSON, and CARRICO, JJ.


SPRATLEY, Justice.

This appeal brings under review a decree wherein G. Mark French and Francis French were adjudged to be guilty of civil contempt for the violation of an injunction granted by the trial court on September 15, 1955, in a former suit by the Town of Clintwood v. G. Mark French.

The facts and proceedings in the 1955 cause may be summarized as follows:

In 1946, the town of Clintwood adopted a...

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