Legal Opinion
Miller v. Wiseman
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided October 1, 1925PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDunn, J.
Exceptions to the denial of an application for certiorari to justices of the peace.
An impecunious person held in arrest on execution was discharged on giving bond. R. S., Chap. 115, Sec. 49. He endeavored to save his bondsmen harmless, and to absolve himself from future loss of liberty on any enforcing process of the same judgment, by proceedings under the Poor Debtor’s Act (section 51, et seq.).
The citation from the magistrate to the creditor failed to follow the statute in the positive requirement of a seal. Section 51.
*5At the appointed time and place the parties met. One justice of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Insurance Co. v. HallockSupreme Court of the United States · 1868
- State v. DrakeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1853
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Beaupre v. SchlosbergSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1933
- State v. HainesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1958