Legal Opinion

Garfinkle v. Sullivan

Washington Supreme Court

Decided March 27, 1905No. 4933PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court, for King county, Bell, J., entered July 14, 1903, discharging a prisoner upon a writ of habeas corpus, after a hearing on the merits.

1Opinion of the CourtDunbar, J.

The petitioner and respondent was convicted before a justice of the peace, in Seattle, for peddling with a two-horse wagon without a license, which was required by virtue of ordinance 6,036, as amended by ordinance 8,327, was fined in the sum of $5, and committed to the city jail until such fine should be paid. He sued out a writ of habeas corpus before Judge Bell, in the superior court of King county, and was discharged from custody thereon. The city appeals from such judgment of discharge.

Respondent moves to dismiss this appeal for the reason that the order appealed from is not an…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Fleetwood v. ReadWashington Supreme Court · 1899
  2. Stull v. De MattosWashington Supreme Court · 1900
  3. Second National Bank v. HatchWashington Supreme Court · 1901

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Davis-Smith Co. v. ClausenWashington Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1933
  3. In re CampWashington Supreme Court · 1905
  4. Austin v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1934
  5. State v. HartWashington Supreme Court · 1923

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