State ex rel. Beek v. Wagener
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Writ of habeas corpus issued by the supreme court to respondent sheriff of Ramsey county commanding him to have the body of James B. Redpath before said court, together with the cause of his imprisonment or detention.
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Writ of habeas corpus issued by the supreme court to respondent sheriff of Ramsey county commanding him to have the body of James B. Redpath before said court, together with the cause of his imprisonment or detention. Respondent justified under a warrant of arrest issued by the municipal court of St. Paul, on complaint of W. B. Douglas, charging said Redpath with having on June 17, 1899, at St. Paul, wrongfully and unlawfully engaged as a commission merchant in the business of receiving consignments of agricultural products, farm produce and fruits, to be sold by him on commission and for…
1Opinion of the Court
COLLINS, J.2
Habeas corpus proceedings originally instituted in Eamsey county, and coming here on appeal; the purpose being to test the constitutionality of Laws 1899, c. 225. The court below sustained the act, and remanded the prisoner, Bedpath. The same questions were raised in another proceeding (State v. Megaarden), and the cases have been argued as one by eminent counsel, who have ably and exhaustively presented their views, — orally as well as upon briefs.
The title of the act assailed as unconstitutional for a number of reasons is as follows:
“An act to license and regulate and define…
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Lawton v. SteeleSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Soon Hing v. CrowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Plumley v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Hennington v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. HaberSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
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3Cited by53 opinions
- State v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of Florida · 1908
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- McGuire v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
- State v. Mountain Timber Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1913
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