Yahola v. Whipple

This action was commenced in the superior court of Okmul-gee county by Lyman Yahola, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, against Merrick A. Whipple and J. Harry Swan, hereinafter referred to as defendants. Plaintiff sought recovery of damages for false imprisonment. The trial court sustained a demurrer to the petition, dismissed the action, and plaintiff has appealed.

It appears that the plaintiff herein is the father of a minor child. He instituted a habeas corpus proceeding in the district court of Okmulgee county against the maternal grandparents of the child wherein he sought its…