Legal Opinion

In re Ross

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 15, 1886No. 9758PublishedCited by 9 opinions

A PPLICATION for Habeas Corpus.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Bermudez, C. J.

This is an application for a habeas corpas and for a certiorari.

The complaint of the petitioner is, that he has been proceeded against, under sec. 1768, R. S., and that the district judge has illegally ordered him to be confined in the State Insane Asylum.

He charges that he has been deprived of his liberty without due-process of law and that a judgment of interdiction is a condition precedent sine qxia non, for such incarceration.

It is settled that this Court has no jurisdiction over the application as far as it prays for a habeas…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Somerville's Executors v. HamiltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1819

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. White v. WhiteTexas Supreme Court · 1917
  2. State v. Jarrell.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
  3. Vance v. EllerbeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
  4. Ex parte ScudamoreSupreme Court of Florida · 1908
  5. Police Jury of St. Martin Parish v. KidderLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1925

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