PAXTON v. PAXTON

No. 45371.

222 So.2d 834 (1969)

Lucille PAXTON v. Theo V. PAXTON.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied June 9, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.M. Conerly, Vicksburg, Roland C. Lewis, Jackson, for appellant.

Dent, Ward, Martin & Terry, Vicksburg, for appellee.

Jean D. Muirhead, Jackson, amicus curiae.


INZER, Justice:

This is an appeal by Mrs. Lucille Paxton from a decree of the Chancery Court of Warren County adjudging her to be in contempt of court for failure to comply with the decree of that court. We reverse and remand.

The record in this case reveals that appellant and appellee were formerly man and wife. They were divorced by a decree of the Chancery Court of Warren County rendered on July 24, 1967. By the terms of that decree Mr. Paxton was granted...

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