Legal Opinion

Ex parte McNulty

California Supreme Court

Decided September 28, 1888No. 20439PublishedCited by 59 opinions

Application for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner was held under conviction of a misdemeanor in the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco. The further facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtMcFarland, J.

The petitioner, P. Roscoe McNulty, is imprisoned by force of a judgment of the lower court upon conviction of what is asserted to be a crime under the act of the legislature entitled “ An act supplemental to and amendatory of an act to regulate the practice of medicine in the state of California” (approved April 3, 1876), which became a law April 1, 1878. (Stats. 1877-78, p. 918.) This act requires, generally, that every person practicing medicine or surgery shall possess certain qualifications, and shall have issued to him a certificate from one of three boards of examiners, each board to be…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Ex parte KearnyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1880
  2. Ex parte FrazerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1880
  3. Ex parte CoxCalifornia Supreme Court · 1883

3Cited by59 opinions

  1. Keeler v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
  2. Morrison v. State Board of EducationCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
  3. In Re BellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1942
  4. Hewitt v. Board of Medical ExaminersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1906
  5. Goldsmith v. Board of Education of Sacramento City High School DistrictCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1924

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