In Re Kurtzhalz

The complaint, of the petitioner is that the order of commitment entered by the Court of Common Pleas is invalid for the reason that that court was at that time wholly without jurisdiction to enter any order whatsoever in that case. Is this contention correct? The Court of Appeals held to the contrary.

Although the instant case originated in the Court of Appeals and is an action for a writ of habeas corpus, the background of the controversy lies in a different action that was filed previously in the Court of Common Pleas. The petitioner in the instant case is the defendant in that action in…