Ex parte Prader
California Supreme Court
Application of Joseph Trader on Habeas Corpus. The opinion of the Court contains a statement of the grounds for the application.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Murray.
Mr. Justice Terry concurred.
The'petitioner was arrested on final process of the Court below, to *240answer a judgment obtained against Mm, in an action for assault and battery.
The seventy-third section of the Practice Act provides, that “ the defendant may be arrested when the action is for willful injury to person or character,” etc. This provision is directly in conflict with the fifteenth section of Article I of the Constitution of this State, which provides, that “ no person shall be imprisoned for debt in any civil action, on…
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