Higgins v. State

Arrington, C.

The appellants, John B. Higgins and Grady D. Allen, were adjudged guilty of a constructive contempt of Court by the Chancery Court of Eankin County, Mississippi. Fine and imprisonment was imposed upon each of the appellants in the amount of $500.00 and thirty days in jail; $400.00 of the fine and the jail sentence upon appellant Higgins was suspended during good behavior.

The Attorney General has suggested the death of John B. Higgins pending this appeal and his appeal will be remanded to the files.

*887This contempt proceeding was the result of fifty-eight suits filed in the Chancery…