Robbins v. Waldrop

■Appellant filed his petition before the chancellor of the chancery court district, in which Marion county is situated, against appellee, sheriff of that county, in whose custody he was being detained under a judgment of contempt of the chancery court of said county, for a writ of habeas corpus, by which he sought to be released from the contempt imprisonment. A demurrer to the petition by appellee was sustained, and the petition dismissed. From that judgment the appellant prosecutes this appeal.

Appellant’s wife, Mrs. C. A. Robbins, filed her bill in the chancery court of Marion county…