MECKEM v. CARTER

No. S-13-0172.

323 P.3d 637 (2014)

2014 WY 52

William E. MECKEM, individually; Lorraine W. Meckem, individually; and Dubois Heights Subdivision, Inc., a Wyoming corporation, Appellants (Defendants), v. William CARTER and Danna Carter, Husband and Wife, Appellees (Plaintiffs).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

April 22, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellants: William L. Miller of Miller & Fasse, P.C., Riverton, Wyoming.

Representing Appellees: Aaron J. Vincent of Vincent Law Office, Riverton, Wyoming.

Before KITE, C.J., and HILL, BURKE, DAVIS, and FOX, JJ.


DAVIS, Justice.

[¶ 1] Appellants William and Lorraine Meckem challenge an order holding them in civil contempt for violating a judgment directing them to remove obstructions from a road easement that traverses their property.1 We affirm the district court's determination that Appellants' conduct was contumacious. However, the district court erred when it ordered Appellants to pay a penalty of $100 per day to the court until the obstructions...

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