GIBSON v. STILES


240 S.W.2d 609 (1951)

GIBSON v. STILES, Justice of the Peace et al.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 19, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Hayse, Nellie S. Hayse, Louisville, for appellant.

Lawrence G. Duncan, Lawrence S. Poston, Louisville, for Stiles.

Herman Cohen, Louisville, for Kenneth Gibson.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

Winabeth Ann Huff Gibson sought, in the Jefferson Circuit Court, a writ of prohibition against John K. Stiles, Justice of the Peace, prohibiting him from releasing from jail, as an insolvent debtor, one Kenneth Bernal Gibson, who had been committed to jail under a contempt order of the Jefferson Circuit Court, for failure to pay alimony, maintenance and support payments awarded to the plaintiff and her child in a divorce action. A demurrer to...

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