Cuddy

Citations

• 131 U.S. 280
• 9 S. Ct. 703
• 33 L. Ed. 154
• 1889 U.S. LEXIS 1821

Syllabus

<p>When a judgment of a Circuit or District Court of the United States is attacked collaterally, every intendment -will be made in support of jurisdiction, unless the want of it, either as to subject matter or as to parties, appears in some proper form; and this general rule applies to judgments punishing for contempt.</p> <p>A petitioner fpr a writ of habeas corpus to obtain his discharge from imprisonment under the- judgment and sentence of a District or Circuit Court of the United States for contempt, is at liberty to allege and to prove facts, not contradicting the record, which go to show that the court was without jurisdiction.</p>