Court of Appeals of Mississippi October 7, 2003, No. 2002-CA-00084-COA (Morris v. Walden)

lead-opinion

SOUTHWICK, P.J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. The defendants were found guilty of criminal contempt in an ongoing chancery suit. They were ordered to pay $3,600 in actual damages, the plaintiffs’ reasonable attorney’s fees, and $30,000 as a penalty, all payable to the plaintiffs. Undecided was an underlying contract dispute.