Legal Opinion
Matthews v. Matthews
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 4, 1939No. 1954PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUHRING, Associate Justice.
This is a habeas corpus proceeding instituted by the petitioner, James T. Matthews, Jr., against the defendants, Edith L. Matthews and John A. Lutz, to determine the right to the custody of Robert Stanley Matthews, the infant son of the petitioner and the defendant, Edith L. Matthews.
It appears that in a habeas corpus proceeding instituted by Mrs. Matthews in the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Lackawanna in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the court on the 22nd day of December, 1937, awarded the custody of this child to the petitioner here…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DavenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
- Beall v. BibbCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1902
- Church v. ChurchCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1921
- Heavrin v. SpicerDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1920
3Cited by2 opinions
- Wallace R. Fulwood v. William StoneCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Wilson v. WilsonDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1955