Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York January 28, 1920 (People ex rel. Riesner v. New York Nursery & Child's Hospital)

Per Curiam:

It is elementary that the province of the writ of habeas corpus is to bring up for review the legality of the commitment only, and not to invoke the chancery powers of the Supreme Court over the custody of infants except in the case specially prescribed by statute.