Barrowman v. State ex rel. Evans

The plaintiffs in error were each adjudged in contempt of Court for three separate violations of an injunction. The punishment was fixed at confinement in the County Jail for six months and a fine of $50.00 for each of these *410violations.. Their motion for new trial was overruled by the Trial Court and they have perfected their appeals.

On April 11,1963, the District Attorney General of the First Judicial Circuit of Tennessee, as relator, filed a petition in the name of the State alleging that, in conformity with the Public Nuisance Statutes (T.C.A. secs. 23-301 — 23-312), in a proceeding…