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EX PARTE LOTHROP, 118 U. S. 113 (1886)

118 U. S. 113

U.S. Supreme Court

Ex Parte Lothrop, 118 U.S. 113 (1886)

Ex Parte Lothrop

Argued April 12, 1886

Decided April 26, 1886

118 U.S. 113

Syllabus

The County Court in the County of Cochise, created and established by the Legislature of Arizona by the Act of March 12, 1885, is an inferior court within the meaning of Rev.Stat. § 1908, which provides that: "The judicial power of Arizona shall be vested in a supreme court and such inferior courts as the legislative council may by law prescribe," and the Act of March 12, 1885, is valid.

This was a petition to this Court for a writ of habeas corpus. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. clubjuris

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