TENNANT v. SOUTH CAROLINA

17868

239 S.C. 497 (1962)

123 S.E.2d 854

John H. TENNANT, Appellant, v. SOUTH CAROLINA and North Carolina, of which South Carolina is Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

February 5, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Tennant, Appellant, Pro Se, of Columbia.

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General, and J.C. Coleman, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondent.


February 5, 1962.

LEGGE, Justice.

Appellant, an inmate of the State Penitentiary, appeals from a circuit court order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The record does not indicate that the petition was served on North Carolina, or that she submitted to the jurisdiction or in anywise participated in the cause.

In 1957 appellant was, in the Court of General Sessions for Chesterfield County...

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