CULPEN v. HANN

No. 33517.

63 N.W.2d 157 (1954)

158 Neb. 390

CULPEN v. HANN.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

March 12, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glen Culpen, pro se.

Clarence S. Beck, Atty. Gen., Richard H. Williams, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Heard before SIMMONS, C. J., and CARTER, MESSMORE, YEAGER, CHAPPELL, WENKE, and BOSLAUGH, JJ.


CARTER, Justice.

The appellant filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the district court for Lancaster County on October 8, 1953, in which he asserted he was improperly held in the State Penitentiary. The trial court refused to issue the writ for the reason that the petition failed to allege facts sufficient to state a cause of action. The petitioner appeals.

It is fundamental that a petition for a writ...

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