In re Dixon
Nevada Supreme Court
Original proceeding in habeas corpus upon petition of J. B. Dixon. The right to practice law in the State of Nevada, under a license duly issued by the supreme court, is a vested right. The license is a contract in the highest sense, the obligations of which the legislature cannot impair by making additional requirements or by delegating to a municipality the right to impose a license tax. The license is imposed merely for the sake of the revenue to be derived from the tax.
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Original proceeding in habeas corpus upon petition of J. B. Dixon. The right to practice law in the State of Nevada, under a license duly issued by the supreme court, is a vested right. The license is a contract in the highest sense, the obligations of which the legislature cannot impair by making additional requirements or by delegating to a municipality the right to impose a license tax. The license is imposed merely for the sake of the revenue to be derived from the tax. In the case at bar, the penal part of the ordinance is essentially an interference with vested rights, is in its nature…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Coleman, C. J.:
This is an.original proceeding in habeas corpus.
Petitioner was proceeded against before the judge of the municipal court of the city of Reno, charging him with violating the ordinance of that city making it a misdemeanor for attorneys to practice law without paying a license fee-. Petitioner having been convicted as charged, it was adjudged that he pay a fine, and in default thereof that he be confined in jail. Failing to pay the fine, petitioner was incarcerated as adjudged. Pie now seeks to be discharged upon this writ, alleging numerous reasons as grounds…
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