Legal Opinion
United States v. Reaves
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 7, 1903No. 1,240PublishedCited by 18 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama.
1Opinion of the Court
PARDEE, Circuit Judge.
The proceedings in the Circuit Court were on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. A writ of error was originally sued out, but, by seasonable written stipulation and general consent, it is to be treated as an appeal.
The proceedings in the lower court and the facts in the case appear, from a bill of exceptions seasonably allowed, as follows:
“Be it remembered that at the present term of the Circuit Court for the Middle District of Alabama came on to be heard the petition of P. A. Reaves, who sued out a writ of habeas corpus to regain the custody of his minor son, E. L.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- In Re GrimleySupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- In Re MorrisseySupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Wassum v. FeeneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- United States v. BainbridgeU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1816
- In re MillerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1902
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Gibson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- United States v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Dillingham v. BookerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1908
- In re ScottCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1906
- Ex parte HubbardU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1910
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