Hawaii Supreme Court, 1905

Colburn v. Cornwell

Colburn v. Cornwell
Hawaii Supreme Court · Decided January 27, 1905
16 Haw. 784

Colburn v. Cornwell

Opinion of the Court

Per curiam:

The writ of possession having been fully executed prior to 5 o’clock, p. m. on the 25th day of May, 1904, the writ of prohibition issued at 9:25 o’clock, p. ni. of said day was ineffectual; no act remaining to be done on the part of said district court in respect to which said writ of prohibition could operate. A writ of prohibition cannot be made to take the place of a writ of error. Petition dismissed and temporary writ dissolved.

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