Legal Opinion

Goldsmith v. Valentine

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided May 10, 1910No. 353PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Hearing on a petition for the writ of supersedeas to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam :

This is a petition [by Sarah C. Goldsmith and Loretta G. Bullock] for a writ of supersedeas to the supreme court of the District of Columbia. The material facts averred in the petition are as follows: On March 10th, 1910, one Charles M. Valentine filed a petition in said supreme court for a writ of habeas corpus, directed to Sarah C. Goldsmith and Loretta G. Bullock, requiring them to produce the body of the infant Bus-sell G. Valentine, son of said petitioner. Mrs. Goldsmith is 'the maternal grandmother of the child, the mother having died in February, 1910, when the child was…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Draper v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. United States Ex Rel. Crawford v. AddisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1860
  3. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1896

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Wiggins v. BunchSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971
  2. Stebbins v. StebbinsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
  3. Potts v. CattertonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1951
  4. Switzer v. MarzallDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1951
  5. Jaffe v. JaffeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941

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