Brody v. District Court of Pottawattamie County

In this certiorari action brought by the petitioners, Balph E. Brody and Mrs. Balph E. Brody, we are asked to set aside the order of the respondent which held them in contempt for failure to produce and deliver into court a minor child, Anthony Wayne Ball, in compliance with the order and decree in a habeas corpus proceeding.

On August 29, 1958, the final day of that proceeding, and pending final order, the court stated: * * the record may show that the child involved in this habeas corpus action, Anthony Wayne Ball, was produced pursuant to the order of court at the beginning of the trial. By…