State Ex Rel. Lezer v. Tahash

On February 27, 1964, relator appealed to this court from an order of the Washington County District Court discharging a writ of habeas corpus issued to review the legality of his detention in the State Prison under a sentence following his conviction of third-degree forgery. On May 13, 1964, relator was discharged from the custody of the respondent warden, according to notice received by the clerk of this court.

It is a well-established rule that courts will decide only actual controversies and that an appellate court, when an event has occurred which renders it impossible to grant any…