Legal Opinion

Bratton v. Dowd

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 30, 1959No. 0-575PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

Petitioner has filed original action in this court which he has petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus against the warden of the Indiana State Prison where petitioner is confined.

*696This court is without jurisdiction to entertain the proceedings as it is well settled the Supreme Court has no original jurisdiction of actions- for writ of habeas corpus. There is ample jurisdiction in nisi prius courts to issue such writs in proper cases, with remedy by appeal to this court if the writ is erroneously denied. See: State ex rel. Taylor v. Dowd, Warden (1944), 222 Ind. 289, 58 N. E. 2d 543, certiorari…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jones v. Dowd, WardenIndiana Supreme Court · 1941
  2. State Ex Rel. Taylor v. Dowd, WardenIndiana Supreme Court · 1944
  3. State ex rel. Gray v. Vanderburgh Circuit CourtIndiana Supreme Court · 1959

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State ex rel. Gray v. Vanderburgh Circuit CourtIndiana Supreme Court · 1959

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