Wakefield v. Ives
Supreme Court of Iowa
On Habeas Corpus. This proceeding was originally brought before Hon. S. Ragg, circuit judge in the ninth district. On the hearing, the writ was dismissed and the defendant discharged. The plaintiff appealed to the supreme court; and on motion the appeal was dismissed, for want of jurisdiction.
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On Habeas Corpus. This proceeding was originally brought before Hon. S. Ragg, circuit judge in the ninth district. On the hearing, the writ was dismissed and the defendant discharged. The plaintiff appealed to the supreme court; and on motion the appeal was dismissed, for want of jurisdiction. See reasons In re Cwrley, 34 Iowa, 184. The plaintiff then applied to the supreme court for the writ of habeas corpus, and thereupon the parties agreed that the entire case should be heard, upon the facts shown in the abstract of the record in the appeal case. They are set forth in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
The application or petition for the writ was made in the name of Alice M. Ives, but was procured at the instance of and verified by Mary 'Wakefield, as her mother and guardian. The application states that the said Alice M. Ives is an infant of .the age of seven years; the application being made on the 14th day of October, 1871. This fact is not controverted. It also further appears from the allegations, not denied, and the evidence, that the defendant, Edward L. Ives, and the said Mary Wakefield, were married in October, 1861, in the State of Minnesota ; that they lived together therein as…
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