Jones v. Wright

After a determination that the appellant, Lucian T. Jones, had obstructed an easement in violation of an earlier court decree, Judge Charles E. Edmondson, presiding in the Circuit Court for Dorchester County, found the appellant in contempt of court. The appellees were awarded $500.00 in damages and costs. On this appeal Jones contends the trial court erred in finding him in contempt, in awarding damages, and in holding him in continuing contempt.

On August 17, 1970, the late Judge C. Rurnam Mace, presiding in the Circuit Court for Dorchester County, found that a roadway which leads…