The People v. Andalman

Michael J. Healy was confined in the county jail of Cook county for contempt of court in failing to pay alimony in accordance with a decree of the superior court of that county in a suit for divorce brought against him by his wife, Violet Healy. Thereafter Healy filed a petition in the superior court for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that the order committing him to the county jail was void. When that matter came on for hearing before- Judge McKinley, plaintiff in error, Samuel J. Andalman, was notified for the reason that he represented Mrs. Healy, and a hearing was had, at the…