Dismuke v. Stynchcombe

Ingram, Justice.

Appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus was dismissed in Fulton Superior Court because of his failure to join an indispensable party. At the time he filed the petition, appellant was being housed in the Fulton County jail by a United States Marshal.

Appellant had been serving a state sentence, in the Putnam County Correctional Institution, which had been imposed on him in DeKalb Superior Court. He was placed in the custody of the United States Marshal under an order from the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia for an appearance in that court. The…