Logan v. Childs
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division A. Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Polk County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtCockrell, J.
In his petition for a habeas corpus, H. P. Logan alleged that he was under unlawful arrest and imprisonment by J. E. Childs, the Marshal of Bartow, Florida, under a charge in the Mayor’s Court “of not removing or tearing down a closet or closets of his, the petitioner, in Block 10, of said city; that said petitioner has violated no law and said acts of said Mayor are void; any ordinance of said city, if there be such,- requiring the *235petitioner to tear down or move Ms closet is void and unconstitutional.” The writ was issued by a Court Commissioner upon this petition returnable before the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- California Reduction Co. v. Sanitary Reduction WorksSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Lovejoy v. LovejoyWyoming Supreme Court · 1928
- Dowling v. LeeSupreme Court of Florida · 1914
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