Gibson v. Stiles

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Wiñabeth Ann Huff Gibson sought, in the Jefferson Circuit Court, a writ of prohibition against John K. Stiles, Justice of the Peace, prohibiting him from releasing from jail, as an insolvent debtor, one Kenneth Bernal Gibson, who had been committed to jail under a contempt order of the Jefferson Circuit Court, for failure to pay alimony, maintenance and support payments awarded to the plaintiff and her child in a divorce action. A demurrer ■ to the petition was sustained, the writ was denied, and the plaintiff appealed to this Court. Pending the appeal, this Court issued…