Hoskins v. Baxter
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the district court for Otter Tail county, in favor of defendant, entered in pursuance of the order of Searle, J.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
This action is based upon Gen. St. 1894, § 6001, which is in these words: "If any officer herein authorized to grant writs of habeas corpus wilfully refuses to grant such writ when legally applied for, he shall forfeit, for every such offence, to the party aggrieved, one thousand dollars.”
*227• The complaint alleges that the defendant on February 13, 1893, was a judge of the district court of the Seventh judicial district of this state, and that on that day the plaintiff was restrained of his liberty and imprisoned in the county jail of Otter Tail county by the sheriff thereof; thereupon he…
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