Mead v. Metcalf
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from an order discharging L. W. Mead from custody made by Hon. James A. Miner, judge of the district court of the first district.
1Opinion of the Court
ZANE, O. J.:
The plaintiff was arrested for a violation of an alleged ordinance of Ogden City prohibiting dentists from practicing their profession without a license from a board of examiners appointed by the city council; and the court below discharged him after a hearing upon a writ of habeas corpus. From the order of discharge the defendant has prosecuted' an appeal to this court, and the plaintiff moves the court to dismiss for the reason that the right of appeal does not* exist from such an order.
When an individual is unlawfully deprived of his liberty a writ of habeas corpus is his most…
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