Ex Parte Gordan

The petition herein is by Solomon Gordan, praying that Robert Gordan may be restored to his liberty.

The facts are as follows: Robert Gordan was plaintiff in an action for divorce against, his wife, Elka Gordan. Judgment was rendered in said case in favor of plaintiff therein, on December 8, 1887, granting the divorce, but providing that the infant child of the parties, Leah Gordan, until further order, “be placed in the charge and custody of the grandmother, Sarah Patek, to bé by her sustained at the expense of the plaintiff, Robert Gordan.”

In January, 1890, the said Sarah Patek filed a petition in which she stated that Gordan had been paying her twenty-five dollars per month for the support of said child down to November, 1889; that for November and December, 1889, he had not paid anything; and that twenty-five dollars per month was not sufficient. She prayed that the court order him to pay fifty dollars for the two back months, and for the future, forty dollars *479 per month. Gordan answered, and set up various reasons why such order should not be made. After a hearing, the court, on January 25, 1890, ordered him to pay said fifty dollars, and also thereafter to pay said…