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SIMS v. CUNNINGHAM

124 S.E.2d 221 (1962)

203 Va. 347

William R. SIMS v. W. K. CUNNINGHAM, Jr., Superintendent, etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 5, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis T. Booker, Richmond, for plaintiff in error.

Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Frederick T. Gray, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, WHITTLE, SNEAD, I'ANSON and CARRICO, JJ.

WHITTLE, Justice.

Sims filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Hustings Court of the City of Richmond, Part II, in October, 1960. The case was transferred from that court to the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, which court, by order dated January 24, 1961, assumed jurisdiction and issued a writ requiring the production of the petitioner before the court. Respondent Cunningham filed a return to the writ and the matter came on for hearing on...

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