McLeod v. McLeod

Citations

• 88 Miss. 722
• 12 So. 873

Syllabus

<p>1. Habeas Corpus. Issuance. Return of wi'it. Not to run out of judge’s district. Code 1892, § 2448.</p> <p>Code 1892, § 2448, providing that a writ of habeas corpus may be granted by any judge or chancellor, returnable before himself or any other judge, does not authorize the issuance of a writ to be served in another district returnable before the judge granting it.</p> <p>2. Same.</p> <p>Where a circuit judge or chancellor issues a writ of habeas corpus to be served in a district other than his own, it must be made returnable before a judge or chancellor of the other district, and not before himself.</p>