Legal Opinion
People v. Smith
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided March 29, 1929No. Docket No. 150, Calendar No. 33,847PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWiest, J.
An information, filed in the recorder’s court of the city of Detroit, charged defendant with inducing, persuading, and encouraging Peggy Sullivan to become an inmate of a house of prostitution, with receiving money from the earnings of a prostitute, and deriving support and maintenance there from. The recorder held the statute, under which the prosecution was laid, unconstitutional, and discharged defendant. The people review by writ of error under Act No. 159, Pub. Acts 1917, Comp. Laws Supp. 1922, § 15842 (1).
Act No. 37, Pub. Acts 1927, is an amendment of former acts, denounces specified…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- John Spry Lumber Co. v. Sault Savings Bank Loan & Trust Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1889
- People v. LockhartMichigan Supreme Court · 1928
- State v. ThibodeauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- Hewitt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
- People v. LyonsMichigan Supreme Court · 1917
3Cited by30 opinions
- Boyer-Campbell Co. v. FryMichigan Supreme Court · 1935
- Botts v. Southeastern Pipe-Line Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- City of Seattle v. BuchananWashington Supreme Court · 1978
- Avon Township v. State Boundary CommissionMichigan Court of Appeals · 1980
- People v. JacksonMichigan Court of Appeals · 1973
25 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.