State ex rel. Mears v. Barnes
North Dakota Supreme Court
Original proceeding on the relation of E. Ashley Mears against O. G. Barnes, sheriff, for discharge on habeas corpus.
1Opinion of the CourtCorliss, J.
By this proceeding our original jurisdiction is invoked. The petitioner, E. A. Mears, has sued out a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the legality of his imprisonment under an order of the District Court adjudging him guilty of contempt in refusing to obey an order of that court requiring him to execute and deliver, as president of the Bank of Minot, a corporation, certain conveyances of real estate, which, it is claimed, is the property of such corporation. The petitioner bases his application for release from such imprisonment on two grounds: He contends that the order adjudging him…
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