DocketNumber: 31
Citation Numbers: 100 S.E.2d 218, 247 N.C. 115
Judges: Denny
Filed Date: 11/6/1957
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 1/13/2023
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
*220 Robert S. Cahoon, Greensboro, Martin Raphael, New York City, for respondents-appellant.
William Medford, Waynesville, Robert Leatherwood, III, Bryson City, for petitioner-appellee.
DENNY, Justice.
In a proceeding in which a judge of the superior court has adjudged a party guilty of contempt for disobedience of the court's order and the contempt was not committed in the immediate presence of the court, an appeal lies from the judgment entered. However, in such a proceeding, the findings of fact by the judge are conclusive and not reviewable on appeal, if supported by any competent evidence. Royal Cotton Mill Co. v. Textile Workers Union, 234 N.C. 545, 67 S.E.2d 755; Bank of Zebulon v. Chamblee, 188 N.C. 417, 124 S.E. 741; In re Fountain, 182 N.C. 49, 108 S.E. 342, 18 A.L.R. 208; Flack v. Flack, 180 N.C. 594, 105 S.E. 268; In re Parker, 177 N.C. 463, 99 S.E. 342; Green v. Green, 130 N.C. 578, 41 S.E. 784; Young v. Rollins, 90 N.C. 125.
We have carefully examined the record in this cause, and the findings of the court below are supported by competent evidence and such findings support the judgment.
Furthermore, the punishment imposed does not exceed that provided by law. G.S. § 5-4. Hence, the judgment is affirmed. Erwin Mills v. Textile Workers Union, 235 N.C. 107, 68 S.E.2d 813; Royal Cotton Mill Co. v. Textile Workers Union, supra; Hart Cotton Mills v. Abrams, 231 N.C. 431, 57 S.E.2d 803; Safie Manufacturing Co. v. Arnold, 228 N.C. 375, 45 S.E.2d 577, and cited cases.
Affirmed.
Royal Cotton Mill Co. v. Textile Workers Union , 234 N.C. 545 ( 1951 )
Erwin Mills v. Textile Workers Union of America, CIO , 235 N.C. 107 ( 1952 )
Hart Cotton Mills, Inc. v. Abrams , 231 N.C. 431 ( 1950 )
Manufacturing Co. v. . Arnold , 228 N.C. 375 ( 1947 )
In Re T. J. Parker , 177 N.C. 463 ( 1919 )
Young v. . Rollins , 90 N.C. 125 ( 1884 )
Flack v. . Flack , 180 N.C. 594 ( 1920 )
Bank v. . Chamblee , 188 N.C. 417 ( 1924 )
In Re Fountain , 182 N.C. 49 ( 1921 )