Stone v. State

JOHNSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order granting a motion to dismiss the appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The appellant was imprisoned on November 4, 1963, under a decree of the Colbert Law and Equity Court of Colbert County, adjudging him in contempt for failure to pay alimony and committing him to custody of the sheriff until he purged himself of contempt. Thereafter, the appellant filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the same court, alleging that the court was without jurisdiction in that the appellant (petitioner) does not possess the financial means to…