State Ex Rel. Davis v. Hardie

Petitioner, Edgar'Bennfett Davis, applied to the Chief Justice for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. The petition on its face showed that Davis had been com mitted to jail for contempt of court in that he failed to pay alimony as decreed against him. The petition further showed that after the commitment for contempt was ordered, the petitioner sued out a writ of habeas corpus before the Circuit Judge to- review the propriety of the commitment and to obtain his release therefrom; that at a hearing on such writ of habeas corups petitioner was remanded to jail- under the commitment for…