PEOPLE EX REL. WATKINS v. JACKSON


7 A.D.2d 804 (1958)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Lokie Watkins, Appellant, v. J. Vernel Jackson, as Warden of Clinton Prison, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

December 30, 1958


The paper referred to as the order appealed from appears to be a copy of the Justice's decision and not an order. The appeal must, therefore, be dismissed. This court is never disposed to require great formality and exactitude in papers filed by inmates of State institutions and by others unrepresented by counsel. It is essential, however, that the legal requirements of an order be observed and particularly that the papers used on the application be recited. Otherwise and...

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