State Ex Rel. Hoosier Engineering Co. v. Thornton

-Lovins, Judge:

Defendant, L. D. Thornton, complains of the final judgment of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, entered on August 9, 1951, finding defendant guilty of contempt of court, and sentencing him to confinement in the Kanawha County jail for a period of six months and imposing a fine of $500.00. To this judgment, as later modified by the court on its own motion, this Court granted a writ of error and supersedeas on October 8, 1951.

On August 4, 1951, Hoosier Engineering Company, a corporation, after issuance of process on the same day, filed a bill in chancery, supported by…