Smith v. Smith
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Roane County. Action by Laura M. Smith against B. C. Smith. From a . judgment of committal for contempt of court by reason of the nonpayment of installments of alimony, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POFFFENBARGER, PRESIDENT: .
A judgment of committal for a contempt of court, effected by non-payment of installments of alimony, decreed against the plaintiff in error, constitutes the subject matter of this writ of error; and one very vital question arises on the motion to dismiss the writ as having been improvidently awarded.
A judgment for contempt of • a trial court, consisting of disobedience of its judgment, decree or order, is not reviewable in the appellate court, if the trial court had jurisdiction of the cause in which it rendered, pronounced or entered the violated judgment, decree…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Norfolk & W. Ry. Co. v. Pinnacle Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1898
- Cariens v. CariensWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1901
- State v. FredlockWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
- State ex rel. Mason v. Harper's Ferry Bridge Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1879
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- West v. WestSupreme Court of Virginia · 1920
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