Hall v. Hall

I concur on the ground that it was not a contempt of court for the defendant to fail to pay more than $65 per month under the facts and circumstances of this case. Since the defendant was fined and given a jail sentence, which was suspended in case the fine was paid within a given time, the object was to punish him for an indignity toward the court and not to coerce payment of the judgment. Had the latter been the object the court would have ordered him to pay all or a part of the judgment, and committed him to jail until he complied with the order. I do not think that under the facts and…