, 1869-04-05
THE LEE COUNTY doWD CASE.
Conflict Of Jurisdiction
v.
Decision OF Judge Beck Dis
charging the Supervisors or
Lee County from Arrest.

Lee County from Arrest.
1osxln HOLMAN, 4 ii '''S
. Heard and decaded b Mr.. Jassiee nrc1, OF tho
Fort Madison, March ., tsda.
Jurisdiction Of State cour., upon A4bea. oo,pu4 10
inquire into legality Of imprisonment ondE pp-
ets* iAAueai hy Federal Court
connics Of Jurisdiction between Federal and State
4ansana, BY Federal Court to st.ts ofseers.
COntcMPt-ArTest fpr-ELAnpAslon OF tut14dIe-
ton Of Court fssulns attaehnsnt for. upon ha-
B. +: Miller, Francis scmp,c. Il IL 0ulmosc, J.
n. Casey, attorneys for plaintinA
After rcc,una tho history Of tbs case, Judge
Beck delivered tho following =
In discussing the questions involved In the pro-
credlng before me It will nut be 1ocelsafJ to Ere
hny detailed history Of the conflict between the
sapra1ns Court q the United States and the sa.
county and municipal cngpoFat.ons issued 10 nay.
Ineni upon the capital stock Of railroad corpora
Court ol lowa, since Junr, leda, have uniformly, IN
great number Of casca, held that such honda arr
prohibited under The Constitution Of the State md
r. 1 ' saprrmn rn uou Of ,be n,e, siau. s1ec
December, lB61, have held that they a1c valid md
binding Oh the county and municipal curporaticns,
soo Iuu =, ~ y. w ~ 11s, g.. nso GnosStn
based upon tho ground that, rs1or 70 June
1868. the CONT Of Iowa recognized the validity of
such bonds, and wh!!c ne constitution rested upon
Gvlpeets Il al rA 3A< City r. Dubuque. !. Wallace.
Ia Iae q Shtsu stases eous1 nAs e1hctea 10 tho
The Iowa Court decided nsa,nat tho validity OF
thcse corporation rstlroai bonIs III TAe Stafa
ri. L. 4 y. R7i'uda G" r. Nnl~n, L"u'ay' ~.
IOWA ~ sl ans!e - y ~ sne1 ,n1a [uaG tMstgen Iof
O4en IT al dectdeA At the december term, 1868, u
the Supreme ConEt ni !oNn-
fen.ng 1a1' ING & ,HsrS,anIing ~ of tu ~
Is snHcleht tol eofIEcs uameis.nnIiaa VIII % " LIZ
qucttlohs ~ Ia" MNoNca, WILL ptoeeeo W Aac4l
eonmasfanoa. =, ,.. ,,o,4~o, roo,,o
IL u the PRIDE nnu bonst o. the A!ncilcan puPG
tfat no SoSeIhns.., SsGse. " ~ ~ r. tns 1,r
auch comp!cie and cneiet pIolect!on i"t snc ves
n sai es sss ess =, s"s soefl e r -, s
tue lay ol NE MnH snou.u catuGn 90. M uu a't&aH w
rcsuahea o. o.. Is %1y ny, 17.n I, I'M
.re,1 a11 ~ ms " 1t, ,sstraint can pc ex
Nht!eby tlG Iauac ,sxtaa ", -. .x,,h tts .,in,,nIs
nannvV ~ aI 1sns ona ~ foun,, tn hr ilysu1I tho
ttao - re eIG 10 rnre an,, tbY ctiten rcstorsl
to Ilbc5. +, nvaiunhe rtxh. u personal liberty,
@ i ~ tnio,siy M, V;ctlnntIv Unar,.fI y tbr
r.onas ~ ThSs T;nhon Thrtr inheritance md Inc
inehtinnbIs l,essiuxa which they confer, how ever
ntens1 -, - sn sfTonvty nnI sincerely iDyry ara
a Sny +ah5q 1IS5q M fstit ,raari nn apn.eclutsi
nnr vai". nus i9 onv e tIIv reses snd
cs,insated m ~ Ieopic Who urp deprived oi them.
and thtlt constant enIo,ment has exempted us
f.nm H. nj capeTte,,ce ol TIC evils endured Ly
rrup,s deprived Of thr,a. ,,,u.-,.
of ia nr.nnst t,ftrty Of tho citizen Vi the WRIT o{
b,t.T, tu r'rnt,xs Thai we NAV the better under
stand stand; nc extent o1 the Jurisdiction and power
Inc, rrirre,c.. u il history Is Important,
u Grrire fhi1 crcat remedy from the common
t,W. source Whepec come tic preccyts and mn1-
eiemrnts nj our lava Frum this source We 10
cnira /. IN m tirarfed form. but in its fullcs.
own nnd maturity pepS rsnsy 70 ses11s ,,s
,oe,r NC ggt - ,cam,l,u oual 10 thc preserton
.asn Ktum - nco,n ~ ,crty incorpraed ia uut
iawS " IN Ills io'n it Is preserved ana secured y
esst3 ~ .HrT,er., Il Ia n wTrst ~ righf n
ahn sta.use5 ~ ~ sniit,sI rs nssi. ;ts,iiia
which esel3 lttsol 70 euI,, auI,, a-yttn~ nn,ha,fr
inneent u aas Sseu T ppI, owne ~ nF1uin II n
etatute OF charter from the kng. Haams AIds a Con
s4e; sekssone Co1nnensaasIs u n1s, Sphn
ths Ensnaa uo'Sin1usn. ,ss ~. ~ ,natier n
/ other connt5eA ~ Eaue! ~ ueA+ - ~. -
right and, under Il me caase . ~ ! ~
Imprisonment OF inc su1sG' VIZ ri. naut, rnu,s -,
WIN ,ne i " T,.1,rnS ~ ~ III ittertr
EnKl1snSnan eoni1 oe lessse" ~ VI ~ ~ nei.
cohuaiJ to Lae N NV q sH aIu On arrs,unt
MAA pso.Eetteu t Sitrp aiSu gnn1,nns n dusnoti,
kln9-lfoM AZ l!eHnl lnpi , ~ ,rc,s ns
cess ana nna"nt aa1Sa, ua1ea 80 INV ijv IL,
IN enol @ W 1,,a,s 1c,1.es,y fr HI
rniar1e1cni prlsune1, M Wis ~ wv
eAaiKs!hens. ,s At. --,+ ,,cnr conmo,
1he ieueuy ulla.a t sn - w. nrotsciton nf nc1
ME lEhL upun ~ hsIc1 s,.a sh1, a.i,nts, IN III
want Tsnts % u1a CONDITION @ ot this people Vas trans
tel.su " ~, LIZ Thn en11s II ihts cnmntry mite il
common ta. euut ,sr AZ 'ats ~ fsr ~ Il Il ste
no6ns o;6e ssondition of our pcope and accords vii
cur lnfntanons me "a" ns. ~ sne tl' r,.nrh s,a
Tne Town Of .sa nas!eu r.; ~, Cla'K; ' efan1n' $50
Wheaton Donaldson r.. r.. retSss' ts5 g. Pet CD.
nMssss,, nsn, :. si1nnjst 4 iowa 4o4
G,t.a -. TroTonG ioWn ~;
Tne cxiscnee Of this remet,y as right Of III
EN,taa Si,,es and nroyis,nn i, maie that r,e VT
@ Ghea s.a.ta n.1sI n, nxronf In rascs nf rris,
ina,i ,an m ngtv1 inEassen II AZ i. Sec. .. 0
Ihe ordinance o. ior he Her " u ~ ~
rdns tS,t .t,nn inhahltants of ss icrIitory ali
tMGa st1t 49, @ - ,hn hsrunte o1 th- wrtt of N
axs Be enea @ 70 70 te 1 ~ " .n1 ~
ny -; - - ~ ;r,,ttT ~ n Wirhean Hy Inc h
e3tcnoeo 70 'ns ~ Tr,1 VI Iss - y t6s nroyi
u Coesssss a .. AMn =, " tSS nd Ii, the hon;
io9A oa 1s s ,n,rrt,es ersn,e.i IN fnc Terr1tn
pM.cHcan M wr4r cnnfSirsI upon thc TcfrtnrJ
Wisconsin, .! Mnaca III tIt.'to5 ~ aor a. sSc 10
tne etatc o. iowa iUlneu wy T M ~! !rorstary -
!ne ac' VI u ~ Ich,s nItttir"s and i,n,nuutI
iowa Au 5he 1t Ta,stfS ~ Wiosnnz,n suu Mer.. .
eIAntea 70 taH 1u..an.~ ,r Tha I'M sfits,ti
Tended 10 tns " -; al, ~ r,rbts mn,
Of Iowa ot ~" 80 - y. y ~. ~. :" ~ I-ton
which the STATE was M"'tea W. n,s sng cI,Pn'
cures 10 INC iS"n!s LUZ LUZ, osITo Mro ,envts
wnt ol nspeM eotlnn, asu - - 1!se IN f'o''7
Is embodied III the Cohstltnslon ol 49,;
would seem ,nat ms snnrse % ~ "
legislation, PRIOR to the admission o. me sase ~
ne % nn see'ga q a 70 t M tv and an '' ectnn
Mhateye. may e me character " ,ct o, ms ;efs.ss,.
Q | able except with the consent pt The people OF !
= State, or whether It Is superseded, 50 !aT -
rights thereby guaranteed arc cohcclne, y ..
\ Constitution Of the Statt, which seems 70 ne !!
! doctrine Of h11.4 e ts " S."iie.raasy s,.ni h -