Eureka County Bank Habeas Corpus Cases
Nevada Supreme Court
Original proceeding for a writ of habeas corpus. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. Petitioners contend that when the jurisdiction of a court is made to depend upon the existence of certain facts, those facts are conditions precedent, and the existence or nonexistence of such facts is always open to inquiry, and that upon a habeas corpus all matters pertaining to jurisdiction are proper subjects of inquiry, to be heard and determined from the evidence; and that…
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Original proceeding for a writ of habeas corpus. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. Petitioners contend that when the jurisdiction of a court is made to depend upon the existence of certain facts, those facts are conditions precedent, and the existence or nonexistence of such facts is always open to inquiry, and that upon a habeas corpus all matters pertaining to jurisdiction are proper subjects of inquiry, to be heard and determined from the evidence; and that any fact touching the jurisdiction may be given in evidence. (12 Ency. PL & Pr. 120; Paul v. Armstrong, 1 Nev. 82.) In the…
1Per curiam
Delay in the determination of this case is regretted; hut as the members of the court have been occupied with matters of greater public concern, and the petitioners have been at liberty on bail, it has been deemed best to wait until careful consideration could be given to the numerous important questions involved. An examination of decisions relating to habeas corpus indicates that *93many of them have been rendered hurriedly and without taking time for careful consideration of the reasons and statutes that ought to control.
The petitioners Oscar J. Smith and W. E. Griffin were arrested in Washoe…
2Cases cited107 opinions
- Ex Parte LangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Ex Parte RoyallSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- United States v. WiltbergerSupreme Court of the United States · 1820
- Ex Parte SieboldSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Ex Parte YarbroughSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
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3Cited by41 opinions
- In re OxleyNevada Supreme Court · 1915
- Kussman v. Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of NevadaNevada Supreme Court · 1980
- Shelby v. Sixth Judicial District CourtNevada Supreme Court · 1966
- State v. PlasNevada Supreme Court · 1964
- Application of HutchinsonNevada Supreme Court · 1960
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