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Juliana Payomo Vs. O. Floyd 042 Phil 788

JULIANA PAYOMO, petitioner, vs. O. FLOYD, captain, U. S. Marine Corps, Reservation Officer, Olongapo Naval Reservation, respondent.

G.R. No. 17427 | 1922-02-17

D E C I S I O N


STREET, J.:

This is an original application for the writ of habeas corpus in behalf of Calixto Mendigorin to secure liberation from detention at the hands of Captain O. Floyd, Reservation Officer at the Subic Bay Naval Station, Olongapo, in the Province of Zambales. A citation to show cause why the writ should not issue having been served, due return was made by the respondent on February 25, 1921. Later this court of its own motion requested the Attorney-General to appear in representation of the respondent, as provided in subsection (b) of section 1661 of the Administrative Code; and at about the same time an order was...