In Re Petition of Blacklidge

Myrtle Tanner Blacklidge was arrested and imprisoned in the county jail under a capias ad satisfaciendum issued upon a judgment rendered by the superior court of Cook county in favor of Susanne Nottingham. Alleging that her imprisonment was illegal, Mrs. Blacklidge filed a petition in the county court of Cook county seeking her release by the delivery of her property. The cause was heard by the county court without a jury upon petitioner’s motion to be discharged under the Insolvent Debtors act, the petition and the declaration. No evidence was adduced. The court found that malice was the…