Re Application of Ashley

This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus, the petition in which alleges that

“Erie Ashley is now detained, confined and restrained of his liberty by Hazel Ashley, his mother, at Seaside, Oregon.”

After alleging that the restraint is not by virtue of any process of any court, the petition goes on to say:

“That the cause or pretense of such imprisonment and restraint, according to the best knowledge and belief of your petitioner, is the failure and refusal of said Hazel Ashley to comply with the terms of a certain divorce decree entered in her favor in the District Court of Nez Perce…