Legal Opinion

Cunningham v. Thomas

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1865PublishedCited by 8 opinions

APPEAL from the Union Common Pleas.

1Opinion of the CourtFrazer, C. J.

This was a writ of habeas corpus obtained by the mother of a child of tender years, alleging that it was illegally restrained of its liberty.

A demurrer is not the proper method of testing the sufficiency of a return to such a writ. 2 G. & H., § 723, p. §18.

J. F. Gardner, for appellant. J, 8. Reid and J. Yaryan, for appellee.

The evidence supports the judgment below. No useful purpose would be attained by setting it out in this opinion.

The cause is so presented that we would be at liberty to deem the errors waived. Instead of an abstract we are furnished with an index to the transcript. An…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Ex parte MooneyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1885
  2. McGlennan v. MargowskiIndiana Supreme Court · 1883
  3. Sturgeon v. GrayIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Kemper v. MetzgerIndiana Supreme Court · 1907
  5. Milligan v. State ex rel. Children's HomeIndiana Supreme Court · 1884

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