Douthitt ex rel. Douthitt v. Bailey
Citations
- 14 N.M. 530
Syllabus
<p>SYLLABUS (BY TIIE COURT) .</p> <p>1. A Justice of tbe Peace wbo refuses'to allow an appeal, when a good and sufficient bond is tendered, even when the person desiring to take the appeal has pleaded guilty before him, may be sued under section 3,308, 'Compiled Laws of 1897, for the refusal to grant the appeal and the penalty prescribed in that section may be recovered from him. •</p> <p>2. A Justice of the Peace who sits in a case .in which he has not jurisdiction, or who exceeds his jurisdiction, cannot justify his refusal to grant an appeal, when a proper hond is tendered, on the ground that he had no jurisdiction to hear and determine the case.</p>
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- \The right of self-defence may be exercised in behalf of a brother or a stranger.\
- \The right of selfdefence may be exercised in behalf of a brother or a stranger.\
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Judges: Mills
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