State ex rel. Collins v. Collins

McCALEB, Justice.

Mr. and Mrs. Nereus W. Collins, Sr., and their attorney, Whitfield Jack, having been found guilty of contempt of court, and each sentenced to a fine of $100 and to serve 10 days in jail, for failing to produce the Collins’ grandchild in court in compliance with an order issued in a habeas corpus action instituted by the mother of the child and of conspiring with the father to spirit away the child from the jurisdiction of the court, applied to this Court and were granted a writ of certiorari to review the validity of the proceedings.

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