Oakland Coal Co. v. Wilson

Appellant was adjudged guilty of a contempt of court and sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and the costs of prosecution. The proceeding was commenced by filing in the Gibson Circuit Court, on Sep tember 23, 1922, an affidavit which, was entitled “Heber D. Wilson v. The Oakland Coal Company,” and averred, in substance, that on May 23, 1922, “plaintiff procured a judgment and restraining order in said court,” a copy of which was recited in full in the affidavit, by which the court “adjudged that the defendant be and is hereby now permanently enjoined from pumping to the surface of plaintiff’s…