Andry v. Ogden

| PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a contempt judgment. The sole issue is whether the trial court erred in imposing a fine in excess of the statutory maximum of $500.00 and ordering the payment of that fine to a third party. Finding the trial court erred in both respects, we reverse in part.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On February 27, 2003, Katherine and E. Howell Crosby sued Ms. Peggy V. Ogden and her company, Armadillo-South Architectural Salvage, Inc., seeking to recover three sets of shutters that were stolen from the Crosbys’ house on September 5, 2002. The Crosbys…