STATE EX REL. JOHNSON v. ROBINSON

No. 14266.

251 S.E.2d 505 (1979)

STATE ex rel. Ted JOHNSON et al., Commissioners, etc., Cabell County v. Dan C. ROBINSON, Judge, Circuit Court of Cabell County.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

January 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greene, Ketchum & Mills and George A. Mills, III, Huntington, for relators.

Barrett, Chafin, Lowry & Hampton, Lafe C. Chafin and Ray L. Hampton, II, Huntington, for respondent.


McGRAW, Justice:

This is an original proceeding in prohibition wherein petitioners Johnson and Adams seek to prohibit the enforcement of an order of the respondent judge adjudging them to be in wilful civil contempt of court and committing them to the custody of the Sheriff of Cabell County to be incarcerated until such time as they comply with the terms of certain previous orders of the court. Execution of the order adjudging them in contempt has been stayed pending...

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