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State Ex Rel. Myers v. Brown

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided November 8, 1961PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Me. Jusiice White

delivered the opinion of the Conrt.

The relator Earl Myers filed his petition in the Circuit Conrt of Hancock County, Tennessee, seeking to secure his release from the custody of John F. Brown, Sheriff of Jefferson County,' Tennessee, upon the theory that he was being illegally and unlawfully restrained and deprived of his liberty. The record discloses that the Sheriff of Jefferson County, Tennessee, has the relator in his custody for safekeeping under a mittimus issued by the court. The petitioner now seeks through the writ of habeas corpus to he released from confinement and…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Grant v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1894
  2. Sitterson v. . SittersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1926
  3. Ford v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Riley v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1950
  5. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1916

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. State v. WilliamsonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
  2. Newcomb v. Kohler Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 2006
  3. Ingram v. EarthmanCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1998
  4. Harbison v. Briggs Bros. Paint Mfg. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1962
  5. In Re Estate of EdenCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1995

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