Opatut v. Guest Pond Club, Inc.

Smith, Justice.

Appellee, Guest Pond Club, Inc., requested the Superior Court of Atkinson County to hold appellants, the owners of a chicken farm, in contempt of a consent injunction issued in 1981. The court entered several orders, appointing a court monitor and holding appellants in contempt. Appellants raise six enumerations of error. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Appellants and appellee agreed to a consent injunction in 1981 that prohibited the Frances Egg Farm from discharging surface water into neighboring Guest Pond, a 1650-acre lake. In early 1983, appellee determined that…