Hooker v. Hooker

205 So.2d 276 (1967)

Gladney HOOKER

v.

Mrs. Mary Frances HOOKER.

No. 44649.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 18, 1967.

Boudie A. Jaggers, Pontotoc, for appellant.

Doty & Thomas, Pontotoc, for appellee.

ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of Pontotoc County denying the petition of Gladney Hooker, appellant, to modify an earlier coercive decree finding him in contempt of court for failure to make alimony and child support payments, and ordering his imprisonment unless certain payments were made. Since the undisputed evidence showed that after the earlier…