SEWELL v. LAINSON

No. 48242.

57 N.W.2d 556 (1953)

SEWELL v. LAINSON.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 10, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prince & Guthrie, of Webster City, for petitioner-appellant.

Robert L. Larson, Atty. Gen., and Raphael R. R. Dvorak, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Everett G. Scott, County Attorney, West Union, for respondent-appellee.


THOMPSON, Justice.

On April 23, 1952, the petitioner-appellant, an inmate of the Iowa State Penitentiary at Fort Madison, filed his petition in habeas corpus against the respondent-appellee, the warden of the prison. A writ was issued, returnable on May 2, 1952. The cause was actually reached for trial on May 6 following. At the conclusion of the case the trial court rendered judgment annulling the writ and remanding the petitioner to the custody of the respondent...

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