Raney v. Villines

This is a contempt proceeding in which the appellants caused the appellee to be cited for an alleged violation of a chancery decree that was entered on October 14, 1959. After hearing the appellants’ evidence the chancellor dismissed the contempt citation on the ground that the complainants had not made a prima facie showing that the earlier decree had been violated. In appealing from the order of dismissal the appellants contend that the chancellor erred in finding their proof to be insufficient.

The parties are adjoining landowners, the appellee owning a forty-acre tract just east of the…