Legal Opinion
Watkins v. Rives
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 22, 1941No. 7826PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Associate Justice.
The ultimate question presented by this appeal is whether the District Court properly dismissed appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The answer to the question depends upon the jurisdiction of the Probate Court of the District of Columbia; specifically, whether that court had power to require appellant to deliver to the collectors of an estate, property which, it is claimed, constitutes assets of that estate, and, upon his refusal, to commit him for contempt.
As has been stated frequently, the probate court is one of limited powers and jurisdiction.…
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