Case Name: The People ex rel. Lina Cohen v. The Protestant Episcopal House of Mercy of the City of New York
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1891
Citations: 40 N.Y. St. Rep. 163
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People ex rel. Lina Cohen v. The Protestant Episcopal House of Mercy of the City of New York.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York State Reporter
Volume: 40
Pages: 163–163

Head Matter:
The People ex rel. Lina Cohen v. The Protestant Episcopal House of Mercy of the City of New York.
Appeal from order of the supreme court, general term, first department, reversing order of special term discharging Jennie Simon from the custody of defendant and remitting the proceeding to the special term for further action.
Charles Steckler, for relator; Elbridge T. Gerry, for deft.
Reversing 37 N. Y. State Rep., 48

Opinion:
Ruger, Ch. J.
The orders of the special and general terms should be reversed upon the authority of the decision in the Danziger case and the prisoner remanded to the custody of the defendant.
All concur, except Finch, J., absent.