People ex rel. Ross v. St. Vincent's Infant Asylum, 233 Ill. App. 642 (1924)

March 17, 1924 · Illinois Appellate Court · Gen. No. 28,755
233 Ill. App. 642

The People of the State of Illinois ex rel. Robert William Welder Ross, plaintiff in error, v. St. Vincent’s Infant Asylum and Gertrude M. Healy, agent and employee, defendants in error.

Gen. No. 28,755.

Petition for habeas corpus on behalf of relator, a minor child, detained in infant asylum. Petition dismissed. Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Timothy D. Hurley, Judge, presiding.

Heard in the first division of this court for the first district at the October term, 1923.

Reversed and remanded.

Opinion filed March 17, 1924.

Charles G. Palmer, for plaintiff in error; Elwyn E. Long and Thomas E. Swanson, of counsel. Charles E. Erbstein, for defendants in error; John B. Fruchtl, William L. Sullivan and Benjamin B. Davis, of counsel.

Mr. Presiding Justice Matchett

delivered the opinion of the court.