Bell v. First Judicial District Court
Nevada Supreme Court
Original proceeding. Prohibition, on petition of Wil-. liam Bell and others, against the District Court of the First Judicial District, in and for the County of Esmeralda, and Hon. M. A. Murphy, Judge thereof. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. The history of this case is stated in petitioners’ opening brief. None of the objections urged against this proceeding are new ones.
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Original proceeding. Prohibition, on petition of Wil-. liam Bell and others, against the District Court of the First Judicial District, in and for the County of Esmeralda, and Hon. M. A. Murphy, Judge thereof. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. The history of this case is stated in petitioners’ opening brief. None of the objections urged against this proceeding are new ones. They have often been resorted to before to impress courts with the futility of any attempt to bring dishonesty to book, and to convince the - public that the miserable drag net of the law is too tight and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Noroross, J.:
This is an' original proceeding to obtain a writ of prohibition restraining and prohibiting respondent, the district court above named, and Hon. M. A. Murphy, judge thereof, from further proceeding, other than to make an order of dismissal, in a certain action in said court pending, entitled "A. Summerfleld, Complainant, v. William Bell, J. E. Davidson, and James Russell, Defendants. Accusation.” The issuance of the writ is demanded upon the grounds, first, "that said court has no jurisdiction of the parties, or the subject of said action”; second, "that said court…
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