Ex parte Davidson
Supreme Court of Florida
A case of original jurisdiction.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, J.
A Justice of this Court issued a writ of habeas corpus returnable before the court upon a petition alleging an unlawful detention upon a warrant of arrest, charging that petitioner did “cover or cause to be covered a building within the city limits of the City of Quincy with roof coverings other than that prescribed by” a designated ordinance in violation- of the city ordinance. The return accords with the petition.
Habeas corpus is appropriate as a remedy to secure release where a person is held in custody on a warrant of arrest when the charge has no basis in a valid law or ordinance, or…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State ex rel. Ellis v. Tampa Water Works Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1908
- Ex parte BaileySupreme Court of Florida · 1897
- Sanders v. HowellSupreme Court of Florida · 1917
- Malone v. City of QuincySupreme Court of Florida · 1913
- Ex parte PrinceSupreme Court of Florida · 1891
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