Churchwell v. Callens

This appeal is by T. L. Callens from a decree of the Chancellor adjudging him guilty of contempt of court for wilful failure to obey a mandatory injunction, for which he was assessed a fine of $10.

On July 1,1950 E. K. Churchwell and others filed their bill in the Chancery Court alleging that respondent, Callens, had constructed a fence across a road, of which complainants were entitled to the use and that said obstruction would cause them irreparable damage, that an emergency exists by reason of facts alleged in the bill and they, therefore, prayed for an injunction restraining respondents,…