Mabry v. Howington

569 So.2d 1165 (1990)

E.O. MABRY

v.

Paul HOWINGTON.

No. 07-CA-58891.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 19, 1990.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1990.

Charles C. Pearce, Everett & Pearce, Decatur, for appellant.

David W. Dreher, Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and ANDERSON and BLASS, JJ.

BLASS, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal by Mabry from a judgment of the Chancery Court of Newton County holding him in contempt of court and imposing a fine and jail sentence. The essential facts are set out below.

Paul Howington, plaintiff below, owned the south half of the two forty-acre tracts…