Matters v. Ryan
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. . The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
On the 20th of May, 1916, Margaret Ryan, the appellee, alleging herself to be á subject of the King of Great Britain residing in Ottawa, Canada, applied for a writ of habeas corpus to obtain the possession of her alleged minor child, Irean, by taking’her from the asserted illegal custody of Anna D. Mattei-s, the appellant, alleged to be a resident of the State of Illinois.
The petition for habeas corpus charged that the said child was bom to petitioner ten months before in a hospital in Ottawa, but shortly after the birth of the child she was kidnapped by the respondent, who secreted her until…
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