Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.

Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint, David H. Flint, John A. Christy, Webb, Fowler & Tanner, William G. Tanner, for appellant.

The appellees-plaintiffs obtained an injunction ordering the appellant and other defendants to remove from the defendants' property within 10 days, an outdoor advertising sign which was in violation of certain restrictive covenants. See Turner Advertising Co. v. Garcia, 44-14-60 (Code Ann. 67-1301); Todd v. Morgan, 215 Ga. 220, 222 (2) (109 SE2d 803) (1959); C. & S. Bank v. Realty Sav. &c. Co., 51-12-51, which gave the grantee in a security deed a claim against a third party for unauthorized timber cutting.

2. Ordinarily, one charged with contempt for failure to comply with a court order makes a complete defense by proving that he is unable to comply; however, the defendant's own acts cannot be responsible for his inability to comply. Fed. Trade Comm. v. Blaine, 308 FSupp. 932, 933-934 (4, 5) (N. D. Ga. 1970) and cits. The evidence that the defendant Turner Advertising Co. conveyed its interest in the sign after the plaintiffs filed their motion for contempt, constituted no defense to the contempt proceeding, and indicated the defendant's responsibility for its inability to comply with the injunction order.

Winship E. Rees, Henry & Henry, Patrick F. Henry, Jr., Raiford & Dixon, Thomas C. Raiford, Jr., for appellees.

1984