Legal Opinion

Livezey v. Gorgas

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 2, 1808PublishedCited by 1 opinion

\ HABEAS Corpus issued from the Supreme Court at the suit of the defendants, to remove this cause, which was an

1Opinion of the Court

Tilgiiman C. J.

The court do not think it necessary to decide whether or not they have jurisdiction of an assize of nuisance; but they are clearly of opinion that such an action cannot be removed into this court by a writ of habeas corpus; it has not been customary, and it is not proper, to remove a real action by this kind of writ. For this cause only they allow the motion.

Habeas Corpus quashed.

2Cited by1 opinion

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