French v. Town of Clintwood Ex Rel. Johnson

This appeal brings under review a decree wherein G. Mark French and Francis French were adjudged to be guilty of civil contempt for the violation of an injunction granted by the trial court on September 15, 1955, in a former suit by the Town of Clintwood v. G. Mark French.

The facts and proceedings in the 1955 cause may be summarized as follows:

In 1946, the town of Clintwood adopted a zoning ordinance and a building and fire-limits ordinance. At that time G. Mark French was the owner of a lot situated on the west side of McClure avenue in Clintwood, standing flush with the boundary line of the…