Legal Opinion
Begay v. Miller
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided October 2, 1950No. 5387PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
UDALL, Justice.
Petitioner, Roland Begay, a Navajo Indian, is seeking by habeas corpus his release from incarceration in the Apache County jail to which he was committed after having been found guilty of contempt of the superior court of that county for failure to comply with the terms of a divorce decree. Presented is a question oí first impression not only in this court but insofar as we have been able to determine in any appellate court in the United States. J
The facts are that the petitioner and Alice R. Begay obtained a marriage licens.e under the provisions of Sec. 63-106, A.C.A. 1939,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Johnson v. Johnson's AdministratorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1860
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3Cited by26 opinions
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