People v. Richmond
Supreme Court of Colorado
Original Proceeding in Nature of Quo Warra/nto. The eighth general assembly adopted an act creating a court of appeals. The essential features of this act are as follows: Tira court is made a court of record with appellate jurisdiction only, and is authorized to issue the necessary writs and other processes in aid of such jurisdiction. Its judges, three in number, are to possess the same qualifications and to receive the same salary as the judges of the supreme court.
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Original Proceeding in Nature of Quo Warra/nto. The eighth general assembly adopted an act creating a court of appeals. The essential features of this act are as follows: Tira court is made a court of record with appellate jurisdiction only, and is authorized to issue the necessary writs and other processes in aid of such jurisdiction. Its judges, three in number, are to possess the same qualifications and to receive the same salary as the judges of the supreme court. It is provided with a clerk and bailiff; and its decisions are to be reported as are those of the supreme court, but in…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Helm
jESTo illegality or defect in the manner of respondents’ selection for the office in question is asserted, nor is any personal disqualification relied on; therefore, our investigation is necessarily confined to the objections so ably argued, touching the constitutionality of the court itself.
*278Authorities need not be cited in support of the proposition that he who asserts the unconstitutionality of a statute must establish beyond a reasonable doubt the conflict or inconsistency which renders it void; it is not enough for him to vaguely insist that the act questioned is obnoxious to some…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Wheeler v. Northern Colorado Irrigation Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1886
- Haines v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
- Webster v. GaffSupreme Court of Colorado · 1883
- Stebbins v. AnthonySupreme Court of Colorado · 1880
- In re Constitutionality of a Court of AppealsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1890
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3Cited by53 opinions
- State ex rel. Whiteside v. First Judicial District CourtMontana Supreme Court · 1900
- In re a Writ of Habeas Corpus for SharpIdaho Supreme Court · 1908
- Ryan v. WestonMontana Supreme Court · 1903
- Ex parte Louisville & Nashville R. R.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1912
- State Ex Rel. Bennett v. BonnerMontana Supreme Court · 1950
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