In Re Adams

This case comes to us upon a writ of certiorari issued by this Court at the instance of Hallie Mae Adams to review the order of the judge below discharging the petitioner, Herbert K. Adams, from custody under writ of habeas corpus. The facts were these:

In 1934, Herbert K. Adams instituted action against his wife, Hallie Mae Adams, for divorce, and in the same action Hallie Mae Adams filed cross action for alimony without divorce, alleging that he had abandoned her without making adequate provision for her support and that of their three infant children. In that action, in 1938, Erizzelle, J.,…