Legal Opinion
Ledwith v. Rosalsky
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 23, 1927PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The defendant is a judge of the Court of General Sessions in and for the county of New York. The plaintiff has served a summons upon him in this action. No complaint has been served and the nature of the action has not been disclosed. On April 16th, 1923, the defendant committed one Thomas A. Ledwith to Bellevue Hospital as an apparently insane person. While Ledwith was held in custody under this commitment, a writ of habeas corpus was obtained upon the relation of Mary M. Ledwith, his wife. Upon appeal from the order of the Appellate Division which dismissed the writ, this court reversed the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Whitmore v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Dixon v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1912
- State ex rel. Buchanan County v. ImelSupreme Court of Missouri · 1912
- People ex rel. Douvielle v. Board of SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1879
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Claim of Kelly v. Commissioner of RecordsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939
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