Shaw v. Williams
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Superior Court of Tippecanoe County.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
The appellant’s complaint seeks an injunction to prevent the sale of real estate upon execution, and asserts a right to this relief upon the ground that the notice of the sale was published in a Sunday paper.
The validity of what is commonly called the Sunday law is no longer an open question; its validity was affirmed in an early case, and this holding has been again and again approved. Johns v. State, 78 Ind. 332; S. C., 41 Am. R. 577.
The case is governed by our statute; for, as we have a statute upon this subject, the common law does not prevail. The question, therefore, is, whether the act…
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