Jones v. State

This is a proceeding for punishment for civil contempt in violation of an injunction issued by the chancery court of Sebastian County, Fort Smith District, the record having been brought up here both by appeal and by certiorari.

On June 19, 1925, three coal mining companies owning and operating separate mines in the Greenwood District of Sebastian County—Greenwood Coal Company, Mammoth Vein Colliery Company, and Backbone Coal Company—jointly filed a complaint .in the chancery court of Sebastian County, Fort Smith District, seeking to restrain the appellant (petitioner) and others from…