Matters v. Ryan

Citations

• 249 U.S. 375
• 39 S. Ct. 315
• 63 L. Ed. 654
• 1919 U.S. LEXIS 2090

Syllabus

<p>The District Court has no jurisdiction in habeas corpus to determine and award the custody of an infant at the suit of an alien against a citizen of the State of forum, when the only substantial question is which of the parties is the mother. P. 377.</p> <p>The claim that such á case arises under a law of the United States because the infant was imported'by the respondent in violation of the Immigration Laws is frivolous. Id.</p> <p>Quaere: Whether diversity of citizenship with an averment of pecuniary interest could Confer jurisdiction on a federal court in habeas corpus. P.378. .</p>