McPherson v. Day
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. W. H. McHenry, Judge. This is a habeas corpus proceeding. It was brought by the plaintiff against officers including the members of the Board of Control to test the legality of her detention at the Industrial School for Girls at Mitehellville. The writ was sued out on March 21, 1912. After hearing upon the merits the writ was sustained and an order entered directing the release of the plaintiff. The defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
On March 4, 1910; upon the petition of her mother, the plaintiff, then Martha Ellen Casson, was duly *252committed as an incorrigible to the Industrial School at Mitchellville. On December 13, 1911, she escaped therefrom and was not apprehended until March 21,1912, on which date she made known to the officers her presence at Des Moines. On March 14, 1912, she had attained her majority, to wit, eighteen years of age. On the same day she was married to Guerney McPherson. The ground upon which the trial court directed her release does not appear from the record. We have no argument for the appellee.…
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