Ex parte Taylor

This is a habeas corpus proceeding. Relator was adjudged to be in contempt of court for failure to make stipulated contributions for the support of his minor child.

The material facts are these: In 1928 the relator and his former wife, parents of the child, were divorced, the custody of the child being awarded to the mother. No adjudication appears to have been made in that case requiring the husband to support the child. In the same year, subsequent to the divorce proceedings, and in an entirely independent and different cause, the minor child, through her mother as next friend, instituted…