Ransom v. Cummins
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cerro Gordo District Court. This is an action of certiorari, by which plaintiff sought in the court below to test the legality of certain criminal proceedings before a justice of the peace. A demurrer to the petition was sustained, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtEotiirook, J.
It appears from the averments of the petition that the defendant Cummins who is a justice of the peace, upon information, issued a search-warrant to search certain premises occupied by plaintiff herein, and to seize any intoxicating liquors which should be there found. Certain *138liquors were seized, and return thereof made to the defendant. The plaintiff herein filed a written answer before the justice of the peace, claiming the liquor to be his property, and that it was not kept for unlawful sale. The plaintiff made application at the proper time and in the proper form for a change of the…
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