Turner v. Dodge, Chancellor

This is an original proceeding by petitioner, S. L. Turner, seeking a writ of prohibition to restrain the chancellor of the First District from making-further orders, other than the granting of the writ, in a habeas corpus proceeding instituted by petitioner against Mae Turner, his wife, for possession of their two-year-old child.

In his complaint in the habeas corpus action petitioner’s claim for possession of the child was based upon a decree of the circuit court of Lee county, Alabama, entered on September 5, 1947, awarding petitioner custody of the child. Mae Turner filed an answer and…