State ex rel. Dugan v. Kansas City Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of Missouri
Prohibition. (1) Section 30, article 2, of the constitution provides, “ That no person shall be deprived of life, liberty •or property without due process of law.” This has been universally construed' to mean that every citizen has a right to be heard, and his rights determined in a court of competent j urisdiction.
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Prohibition. (1) Section 30, article 2, of the constitution provides, “ That no person shall be deprived of life, liberty •or property without due process of law.” This has been universally construed' to mean that every citizen has a right to be heard, and his rights determined in a court of competent j urisdiction. (2) The points raised before the criminal court, also the Kansas City court of appeals, were that the local-option law was not a general law in that it was not uniform in its provisions to all persons to be affected by it. (3) The decision of this court, acquiesced in and approved…
1Opinion of the CourtMacfarlane, J.
This is a proceeding by prohibition against the judges of the Kansas City court of appeals, to restrain them from hearing and determining a certain cause in'which the state of Missouri is respondent, and relator, John Dugan, is appellant, and which cause is now pending in said court of appeals upon the appeal of relator from a judgment and sentence of the criminal court of Johnson county.
An alternative writ was issued from this court, and respondents have made return thereto. The writ charges, and the return admits, that relator was indicted, tried and convicted in the criminal court of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Grandy v. CaseySupreme Court of Missouri · 1887
- Ex parte SwannSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888
- State ex rel. Campbell v. St. Louis Court of AppealsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888
3Cited by9 opinions
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- State ex rel. Curtice v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
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- Tinsley v. KemeryMissouri Court of Appeals · 1900
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