Frost's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Habeas corpus. Hearing before Morton, J., who reserved the case for the determination of the full court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
The judgment creditors in 1 his case made appli cation to a magistrate for a certificate authorizing the arrest of the debtor upon an execution in their favor, upon the first charge specified in the Gen. Sts. c. 124, § 5. Notice was thereupon issued to the debtor, under the St. of 1877, e. 250, and, upon a hearing, the magistrate refused to grant a certificate authorizing the arrest of the debtor. Two days afterwards, an attorney in behalf of the judgment creditors made this affidavit: “ I believe, and have good reason to believe, that the debtor, William B. Frost, named in said execution,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Stockwell v. SillowayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Clatur v. DoneganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
3Cited by11 opinions
- Attorney General v. PelletierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Commonwealth v. PentzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Murphy v. Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Cedar JunctionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. DillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
- Little v. MathewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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