New York Supreme Court, 1847

Jurisdiction of Justices of the Supreme Court

Jurisdiction of Justices of the Supreme Court
New York Supreme Court · Decided August 26, 1847
3 How. Pr. 39
Jurisdiction of Justices of the Supreme Court

Opinion of the Court

The following decision by Mr. Justice Harris of the 3d Judicial District, August 26, 1847, relates to the jurisdiction of justices of the supreme court at chambers, in cases of habeas corpus, and the power of county superintendents to bind out poor children. It also sustains and approves of the decision of Mr. Justice Willard, (see page 32,) as to the power of county judges to perform" the duties of a justice of the supreme court at chambers.

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