Anderson v. Williard

BROCK, Judge.

Our statute provides that “[e]very court of record has power to punish as for contempt when the act complained of was such as tended to defeat, impair, impede, or prejudice the rights or remedies of a party to an action then pending in court . . and that such power shall extend to all cases . . where attachments and proceedings as for contempt have been heretofore adopted and practiced in courts of record in this State to enforce the civil remedies or protect the rights of any party to an action.” G.S. 5-8. “This principle is applied in numerous decisions. It has been held, for…