GARROUTTE v. GARROUTTE

No. 41900.

455 P.2d 306 (1969)

John M. GARROUTTE, Plaintiff in Error, v. Ethel L. Rich GARROUTTE, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

June 3, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred A. Tillman, Bill Heskett, Jack Heskett, Pawhuska and Bartlesville, for plaintiff in error.

Geb & Wideman, Leonard G. Geb, Joseph A. Wideman, Ponca City, for defendant in error.


BERRY, Vice Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from judgment and jail sentence imposed upon plaintiff in error for indirect civil contempt. The sole question is whether failure to comply with a trial court's order for delivery of personal property constitutes a civil contempt, when contemnor's failure to comply does not result from fault upon his own part?

Ethel Garroutte sued plaintiff in error for divorce, alimony and equitable property division. On May 25...

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