State ex rel. Cayard

Citations

• 52 La. Ann. 4

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>The merits of criminal cases in which defendants have been convicted cannot be considered on an application for a writ of habeas corpus.</p> <p>where defendants in a criminal prosecution raise in their defense questions of title to immovable property, the trial court may decide those questions, but such decision would be Anal only for the purposes of the prosecution and ■ would not bo res judicata in any civil cause between different claimants.</p>