Ex parte Holman
Supreme Court of Iowa
National and State courts : conflict of authority, ETC. : APPLICATION FOE A WETT OF HABEAS 'CORPUS.-The petitioners for tbis writ are the supervisors of the county of Lee, in the State of Iowa. The defendant in the petition for the writ is the deputy United States marshal for the district of Iowa. The defendant appeals from an order discharging the plaintiffs from his custody.
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National and State courts : conflict of authority, ETC. : APPLICATION FOE A WETT OF HABEAS 'CORPUS.-The petitioners for tbis writ are the supervisors of the county of Lee, in the State of Iowa. The defendant in the petition for the writ is the deputy United States marshal for the district of Iowa. The defendant appeals from an order discharging the plaintiffs from his custody. The facts out of which the legal questions arise are undisputed, and are as follows: Thompson obtained judgment upon coupons attached to bonds issued by the county of Lee in payment of stock in certain railroad…
1Opinion of the Court
Dillon, Ch. J.
l. Jurisdiction: ra?couus:feae" habeas corpus. Treating the questions arising on this appeal in a manner befitting their gravity and imPutañee, it is proposed to refrain from the discussion of all topics which do not necessaiq]y ;qe jn phe pathway of the judicial determination of the precise case presented by the record. That the writ of habeas corpus is of. transcendant value; that it is the keystone of American as of English liberty; that the people of this State enjoy and have always enjoyed, without denial or abridgment, the right to this writ; and that it is an efficacious…
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