Belch v. Manning

Citations

• 55 Fla. 229

Syllabus

<p>Appellate Practice—Habeas Corpus—Proceeding to Acquire AppeLLATE Jurisdiction op person in—sci. Fa. Ad. Aud. Errores.</p> <p>Section 1704 General Statutes of 1906, making provision for the acquiring of jurisdiction by. the appellate court over the person of a defendant in error by means of the recording of the writ of error in the minutes of the circuit court, does not apply to writs of error in habeas corpus cases, but in such cases the appellate court can acquire jurisdiction over the person of the defendant in error only by the proper service of a writ of scire facias ad audiendum errores, or by his voluntary appearance in such court.</p>