Slack v. Perrine
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Hearing on an appeal by the petitioner from a judgment dismissing her petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The Court in its opinion stated the ease as follows: This appeal is from a judgment discharging a writ of habeas corpus that had been issued on a petition filed by Mary Kemble Slack against Lewis Perrine and Harriet Ad die Slack Perrine to recover the possession of her two infant children, Mary Juliet Gerard and Katharine Addie Slack.
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Hearing on an appeal by the petitioner from a judgment dismissing her petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The Court in its opinion stated the ease as follows: This appeal is from a judgment discharging a writ of habeas corpus that had been issued on a petition filed by Mary Kemble Slack against Lewis Perrine and Harriet Ad die Slack Perrine to recover the possession of her two infant children, Mary Juliet Gerard and Katharine Addie Slack. The petitioner alleged that she is the widow of William Hall Slack, formerly of the District of Columbia, who resided the last year of his life in the…
1Dissent
Alvey, Ch. J.:
I must dissent in toto from the opinion of the majority of the court in this case. I think the order dismissing the application for the writ of habeas corpus should be affirmed. I will file the reasons for this dissent hereafter.
On June 25,1896, Mr. Chief Justice Alvey filed the following dissenting opinion:
This case is one of great delicacy, as it is of great importance, in a much more extended view than the effect upon the rights of the immediate parties concerned. It involves questions of the gravest character of both State and domestic relations and government; and it is in…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- In Re BurrusSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Cole v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Reynolds v. StocktonSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- D'Arcy v. KetchumSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
- Mercein v. People ex rel. BarryNew York Supreme Court · 1840
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