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Mary Ellen Lyts v. W. D. Lyts. Exception

 

In the District Court of Third Judicial District of Washington Territory holding terms at Seattle for the County of King.

In the Matter of the application of Mary Ellen Lyts for a Writ of Habeas Corpus.

To the Hon. Thomas Burke Chief Justice of said District Court:

Comes now the petitioner herein and excepts to the sufficiency of defendant's return herein in that the said Return is not a sufficient answer to the petition herein or a goo good defense to the prayer of said petition.

L. T. Turner

Atty for Petitioner

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Mary Ellen Lyts v. W. D. Lyts. Exception.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed December 4, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/documents/item/hc.case.wa.0094.008

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