Hovey v. Sheffner
Wyoming Supreme Court
Original proceeding on habeas corpus. The facts are stated in the opinion. At common law Sunday was dies non juridicus. (20 Ency.
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Original proceeding on habeas corpus. The facts are stated in the opinion. At common law Sunday was dies non juridicus. (20 Ency. PI. & Pr., 1190, and cases cited.) The adoption of 'the common law by statute (R. S. 1899, Sec. 2695) specifically excluded the, common law and statutes 'of England, after July 4, 1776, that day being the point of time at which the continuous stream of the common law became divided, and that portion which had been adopted in America flowed on by itself, no longer subject to changes in England. (Johnson v. Coal Co. (Utah), 76 Pac., 1089.) At common law courts could…
1Opinion of the Court
Potter, Chiee Justice.
A writ of habeas corpus was issued in this case by order of the chief justice and made returnable before the court, upon the petition of Eay Hovey alleging that she is unlawfully imprisoned and restrained of her liberty at the town *260of Casper, in Natrona County, in this state, by Jesse A. Sheffner, sheriff of said county, under an order and commitment of the district court sitting in and for said county made and entered November 21, 1907, which order, by reason of certain facts set out in the petition, presently to be stated, is alleged to be insufficient to justify the…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Ex Parte LangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- NielsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- In Re SnowSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Whitten v. TomlinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Ex Parte BigelowSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Jones v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1978
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- Clawans v. RivesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
- Nixon v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2002
- Saunders v. HorneckerWyoming Supreme Court · 2015
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