Thompson v. Oglesby
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Floyd Circuit Court. The plaintiff is a minor residing with the defendant in the county of Clayton and 10th Judicial District. . Hannah M. ’Thompson, the mother of the plaintiff, resides in the county of Floyd aud 12th Judicial- District.
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Appeal from Floyd Circuit Court. The plaintiff is a minor residing with the defendant in the county of Clayton and 10th Judicial District. . Hannah M. ’Thompson, the mother of the plaintiff, resides in the county of Floyd aud 12th Judicial- District. The question in this case is as to the jurisdiction of the Circuit Judge of the 12th Judicial District to issue a writ of habeas corpus to bring Nettie Thompson, the plaintiff, before him at Charles City in said county of Floyd, she being at the time of the application for the writ in the said county of Clayton. The petition in behalf of the…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
Sec. 3452 of the Code provides that “ application for the writ (of habeas corpus) must be made to the court or judge most convenient in point of distance to the applicant, and the more remote court or judge may refuse the same unless a sufficient reason be stated in the petition for not making the application to the more convenient court or judge thereof.”
This case has been argued upon the supposition that, if the said Hannah M. Thompson is not the applicant within the meaning of the statute, the motion for change of venue should have been granted. In our consideration of the case we shall…
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