Legal Opinion

State of Ohio v. Hinchman

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 1, 1856PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. This was an action of debt on a judgment in the name of the state of Ohio ex rel. Walter Hinchman (a minor), by his next friend, David PI. Taylor, against Morgan Hinchman.

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Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. This was an action of debt on a judgment in the name of the state of Ohio ex rel. Walter Hinchman (a minor), by his next friend, David PI. Taylor, against Morgan Hinchman. On the 27th January, 1854, a writ of habeas corpus at the suggestion of the plaintiff, issued out of the Probate Court of Hamilton county, Ohio, commanding the sheriff of that county to have the body of Walter Hinchman before said court forthwith, and to summon Morgan Hinchman to appear and show cause why the said Walter was restrained of his liberty. At the return of this writ…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Woodward, J.

This was an action of debt brought to recover a large bill of costs, for which judgment had been rendered against the defendant by the Probate Court of Hamilton county, Ohio, in a proceeding by habeas corpus before that court. When the plaintiff offered the certified copy of the record in evidence, attested by J. B. Warren, Probate Judge, and ex-officio clerk, under the seal of the court, and certified by J. B. Warren, as Probate Judge also under the seal of the court, the defendant objected to it as not being such a record as is within the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hampton v. M'connelSupreme Court of the United States · 1818
  2. Ferguson v. HarwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1813
  3. Baker v. FieldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1800

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Cousineau v. CousineauOregon Supreme Court · 1936
  2. Moyer v. Van-Dye-Way CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1942
  3. Van Natta v. Van NattaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1918
  4. Case v. HueySupreme Court of Kansas · 1881
  5. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Rogers v. DavenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1929

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