White v. Adolph

This is an appeal from an order or decree of the circuit court of Macon county entered July 25, 1939, finding the defendant appellant guilty of contempt of court and sentencing him to imprisonment in the county jail for a period of nine months because of his failure to comply with the decree of that court.

On April 14, 1939, the plaintiff appellee filed a petition in the circuit court asking for a rule on the appellant to show cause why he should not be adjudged in contempt of court for not paying support money for a minor child. The petition recites that she was granted a decree of divorce…