Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Lea v. Brown
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 1933PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The relators, held in custody under a warrant of the Governor of Tennessee issued pursuant to a demand of the Governor of North Carolina for their return to that state as fugitives from justice, filed their petition for the writ of habeas corpus to test the validity of the Governor's warrant. The trial court dismissed the petition upon demurrer, and the relators have appealed in error.
The statutes of Tennessee authorize and direct the arrest, and delivery to another state, of persons who are "subject by the constitution and laws of the United States to be delivered over upon demand of the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Cohens v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
- Taylor v. TaintorSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Munsey v. CloughSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Biddinger v. Commissioner of Police of City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Hyatt v. People Ex Rel. CorkranSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
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3Cited by50 opinions
- State v. WarrenCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1986
- State v. ParrishSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
- State Ex Rel. Barnes v. HendersonTennessee Supreme Court · 1968
- Taylor v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1980
- Gitter v. Tennessee Farmers Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1969
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