Brady v. Mattern
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court.— Hon. A. H. MoVey, Judge. Proceeding by habeas corpus to secure the. release of plaintiff from imprisonment under arrest for the crime of soliciting and securing an application for a building and loan contract in violation of chapter 77 (page 45), of the laws of the Twenty-Ninth General Assembly, prohibiting agents from soliciting or transacting business for an unincorporated building and loan association which has not complied with the…
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Appeal from Polk District Court.— Hon. A. H. MoVey, Judge. Proceeding by habeas corpus to secure the. release of plaintiff from imprisonment under arrest for the crime of soliciting and securing an application for a building and loan contract in violation of chapter 77 (page 45), of the laws of the Twenty-Ninth General Assembly, prohibiting agents from soliciting or transacting business for an unincorporated building and loan association which has not complied with the provisions of that statute. The judge of the district court to whom the- application for discharge was made, upon a hearing,…
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
The trial judge discharged the plaintiff from custody on the ground that, the statute which he was charged with violating is unconstitutional, and that is the sole question argued. Without setting out in full the provisions of Acts Twenty-Ninth General Assembly, page 45, chapter 77, it is sufficient to say that, it is made applicable' to all unincorporated organizations, associations, societies, partnerships, or individuals conducting and carrying on a business corresponding, as described, to the business author*160ized to be carried on by incorporated building and loan associations, as provided…
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