Baker v. Johnson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Report from Nisi Prius, Goodenow, J., presiding. The petitioner, in this case, represented in Ms petition that at the January and March terms of the Supreme Judicial Court of Cumberland county, A. D. 1856, he was in attendance and performed sundry services as sheriff of said county; that Ms fees therefor were duly certified by the presiding judge; and that, having made demand upon the respondent, as treasurer of the county, for payment, he had refused to pay the same.
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On Report from Nisi Prius, Goodenow, J., presiding. The petitioner, in this case, represented in Ms petition that at the January and March terms of the Supreme Judicial Court of Cumberland county, A. D. 1856, he was in attendance and performed sundry services as sheriff of said county; that Ms fees therefor were duly certified by the presiding judge; and that, having made demand upon the respondent, as treasurer of the county, for payment, he had refused to pay the same. He, thereupon, prayed the Court to issue a writ of mandamus, peremptorily commanding said Johnson to pay over to the…
1Opinion of the CourtRice, J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus, and comes before us on a report ordered by the Judge at the April term of the Supreme Judicial Court for Cumberland county, 1856. There was a special appearance for the respondent, to object to the sufficiency of the petition and the matters therein set forth, to the jurisdiction of the Court below, and to the manner in which it has been brought into this Court.
By § 5, of c. 96, R. S., it is provided, that the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court shall have power to issue writs of. error, certiorari, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto, and all…
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