Eastman v. Eastman

This is an appeal by husband, pro se, from a divorce judgment.

The hearing was ore tenus. Husband was not present nor was he represented by counsel. He was in prison at the time of the hearing and had filed a motion with the trial court to have himself brought from prison so as to be present at the hearing. His motion was denied. He filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. The writ was denied on the basis of Whitehead v.Bi-Petro Marketing, Inc., 356 So.2d 150 (Ala. 1978). That case points out that a prisoner is not entitled in a civil case to have himself brought from the…