Ex Parte Kollenborn

We granted this original motion for habeas corpus, upon relator’s representation that it was impossible for him to purge himself by compliance with a contempt order growing out of a divorce case now pending on appeal. Relator contends that the payment required is $400.00 per month, which, under the circumstances, he cannot possibly meet.

Before we can dispose of that question, we must first meet his contention that the trial court had no jurisdiction to enforce its original judgment by contempt since an appeal had been perfected and supersedeas bond filed. The divorce judgment pro vided a…