If the contempt consists in the performance of a forbidden act, the person may be imprisoned until the act is rectified by placing matters and person in status quo, or by the payment of damages.
Code 1858, § 4109; Shan., § 5921; Code 1932, § 10122; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-905.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 377, 603.
Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), §§ 317, 667.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 7 Tenn. Juris., Contempt, §§ 13, 14.
Law Reviews.
Forms of Relief, 4 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 400.
The Contempt Powers of Tennessee Courts (E. Michael Ellis), 37 Tenn. L. Rev. 538.
Cited: McCormick v. Phillips, 140 Tenn. 268, 204 S.W. 636, 1918 Tenn. LEXIS 40, 1918F L.R.A. (n.s.) 791 (1918); Parker v. Turner, 626 F.2d 1, 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 15991 (6th Cir. Tenn. 1980); State v. Winningham, 958 S.W.2d 740, 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 632 (Tenn. 1997); In re Lineweaver, 343 S.W.3d 401, 2010 Tenn. App. LEXIS 75 (Tenn. Ct. App. Jan. 28, 2010); Cansler v. Cansler, — S.W.3d —, 2010 Tenn. App. LEXIS 76 (Tenn. Ct. App. Feb. 1, 2010); State v. Smith, — S.W.3d —, 2010 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 1061 (Tenn. Crim. App. Dec. 17, 2010).