Leonard v. Rodda
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the warden of the District jail from an order discharging a prisoner from custody upon bis return to a petition for a writ of mandamus. The Court in its opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an appeal from the decision of one of the justices of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, discharging one Walter A. Eodda, under a writ of habeas corpus, from the custody of the warden of the District jail.
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Hearing on an appeal by the warden of the District jail from an order discharging a prisoner from custody upon bis return to a petition for a writ of mandamus. The Court in its opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an appeal from the decision of one of the justices of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, discharging one Walter A. Eodda, under a writ of habeas corpus, from the custody of the warden of the District jail. On October 11,1894, Eodda was committed by the Police Court of the District to the custody of the warden of the jail to await the action of the grand jury on a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Morris
1. It is necessary, of course, before we can pass upon the merits of this case, that we should determine whether there is, in contemplation of law, any case before us upon which we can pass. It is earnestly urged on behalf of the appellee that there is no such case; and the basis for this contention is found in the terms of the citation that was issued by the clerk of the court below.
It may well be conceded that this citation was defective and irregular. In habeas corpus cases the formal parties to the proceedings in whose names the proceedings should be entitled, whenever it becomes…
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- Hagood v. SouthernSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- New Hampshire v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
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- Dodge v. KnowlesSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
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