Chapman v. Justice Court of Tonopah Township
Nevada Supreme Court
Original proceeding. Certiorari by Abraham Chapman to review bis conviction of a misdemeanor before the Justice Court of Tonopab Township, Nye County, State of Nevada. Petition for rehearing. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. The writ of certiorari is not the proper remedy in this cause, for the reason that petitioner has a plain, complete, speedy, and adequate remedy by an appeal to the District Court in and for Nye County.
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Original proceeding. Certiorari by Abraham Chapman to review bis conviction of a misdemeanor before the Justice Court of Tonopab Township, Nye County, State of Nevada. Petition for rehearing. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. The writ of certiorari is not the proper remedy in this cause, for the reason that petitioner has a plain, complete, speedy, and adequate remedy by an appeal to the District Court in and for Nye County. Section 3531 of Compiled Laws provides that "The writ shall be granted in all eases when an inferior tribunal, officer, Or board exercising judicial…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Noeceoss, J.:
This is an original proceeding in certiorari. The above-named petitioner was, on the 21st day of April, 1906, convicted in the Justice Court of Tonopah Township, County of Nye, upon a charge of misdemeanor in having violated the provisions of that certain act of the legislature of this state, entitled "An act to provide for- licensing itinerant and unsettled merchants, traders, peddlers and auctioneers,” approved March 24, 1905. (Stats. 1905, p. 260, e. 53.) It is claimed by petitioner that the said justice court was without jurisdiction in the premises, because the…
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