Ganong v. Town of Jonestown

Citations

• 98 Miss. 265
• 53 So. 594

Syllabus

<p>Supreme Court. Disobedience of mandate. Jurisdiction.</p> <p>After the supreme court has reversed a judgment and ordered a mandamus to be issued from the court below, directed to the mayor and board of aldermen of a town, commanding them to pay to plaintiff a certain sum of money, or if there is an insufficiency of funds, to issue a warrant for such sum, and after the lower court had duly issued and served such mandamus, defendants ■neglect to comply with same, the lower court being the court charged with the execution of the judgment should punish for contempt.</p>