Thompson v. Church
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Jefferson county. Heard below before Weaver, J. Entry of judgment on Sunday was void. Sec. 1002, Code, must be construed with sec. 38, Comp. Sfcat., 202. Houghtaling v-. Osborn, 15 Johns., 119. Reidv.
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Error to the district court for Jefferson county. Heard below before Weaver, J. Entry of judgment on Sunday was void. Sec. 1002, Code, must be construed with sec. 38, Comp. Sfcat., 202. Houghtaling v-. Osborn, 15 Johns., 119. Reidv. State, 53 Ala., 402.' Blood v. Bates, 31 "Vt., 147. Allen v. ■Godfrey, 44 N. Y., 433. Story v. Elliott, 8 Cow., 27. McCorlde v. The State, 14 Ind., 39. Arthur v. Mosby, 2 Bibb., 589. Baxter v. The People, 3 Gilm., 368. Chapman v. The State, 5 Blkf., 111. Van Vechten v. Paddock, 12 Johns., • 178. cited: Perkins v. Jones, 28 Wis., 244. Wearnev. Smith, 33 Wis., 412.…
1Opinion of the CourtMaxwell, J.
This case was tried to a jury in a justice’s court, the trial commencing on the twentieth day of August, 1881. The cause was submitted to the jury at 10:30 p.m., August 20, and at 7:30 A.M. on the twenty-first of that month, the jury returned their verdict into court. The justice thereupon immediately rendered judgment thereon. This is assigned for error. The question to be determined is the authority of the justice to render judgment on Sunday.
Sec. 38 of an act to amend chapter 13 of the Revised Statutes of 1866, entitled “Courts” (Comp. Stat., 202), provides that,-“no court can be opened,…
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