Styles v. Harrison

The only question in this case is, Is a judgment rendered on Sunday in one of the Courts of this State valid ?

It was a maxim of the common law that dies dominions non est dies juridicus. Broom’s Maxims, 21; Swann v. Broome, 3 Burr, 1595. Accordingly, no valid judgment can be rendered on Sunday. 1 Black *129on Judgments, Sec. 182; 1 Freeman on Judgments, 138; 24 Am. & Eng. Enc. L., 577; Ex parte White, 15 Nev., 146 (S. C., 37 A. R., 466). The cases all show that such a judgment is not simply erroneous, but is absolutely void. 1 Black, Sec. 182; Houghtaling v. Osborne, 15 John, 115; Arthur v.…