Ex Parte Lacy

The submission was upon the petition for writ of prohibition or mandamus, and on the merits, as one case.

The prayer of the petition was that the respondent, the presiding judge in said cause, enter an order suspending the enforcement of the decree pending the appeal to this court; the grounds thereof being that petitioner was a married woman when the bill was filed, that her husband died before final submission and decree, and that she alleges she is entitled to the benefits accorded to a married woman under section 6138 of the Code.

That statute provides: "From any judgment, order or decree…