In re Nichols

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF PROHIBITION

WALLER, Justice,

for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. John R. Nichols was held in contempt and ordered incarcerated by the Sunflower County Chancery Court for failure to make court-ordered payments pursuant to an agreed judgment. Nichols filed a petition for extraordinary relief with this Court seeking to have the chancery court’s order vacated, arguing that the order violates Article 3, § 30 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890, which prohibits imprisonment for debts. After consideration of Nichols’ request and the pleadings filed by the respondents,…