State ex rel. Reynolds v. Circuit Court for Milwaukee County

The following decision was announced June 6, 1927:

The court reserves for future determination the question whether the judge of one court of coordinate jurisdiction can determine, upon an application for a writ of habeas corpus, whether another court of co-ordinate jurisdiction had jurisdiction to enter the judgment or order which restrains the liberty of the applicant for the writ.

The court determines:(1) That Branch No. 8 of the circuit court for Milwaukee county had jurisdiction to investigate the charges presented in the petition signed by William H. Churchill and others.(2) That the fact…