40 Mich. 63
Decided January 10, 1879
Michigan Supreme Court · decided 1879-01-10
<p>Habeas Corpus — Committal for contempt.</p> <p>The regularity of a committal for contempt in refusing to pay alimony will not be reviewed on an application for the writ of habeas corpus, if it was regular on its face.</p>
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Decided 1879-01-10
Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently August 1940
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¶1Bissell was committed for contempt in refusing to pay alimony. The order of committal was regular on its face and recited that the contempt was admitted. The petition was based chiefly upon denials of the fact.
¶2*64Held that the Supreme Court cannot, on an application for a writ of habeas corpus, review a committal apparently regular; the petitioner should have appealed from the order.