Case Name: Exparte Archibald M'Neil
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1810-03
Citations: 5 Tyng 245
Docket Number: 
Parties: Exparte Archibald M’Neil.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 6
Pages: 200–201

Head Matter:
Exparte Archibald M’Neil.
A party in an action referred to the decision of the Court upon a case stated, is privileged from arrest during his attendance upon the Court.
Upon the return of a writ of habeas corpus, which issued on the motion of M ’Neil, it appeared that he was party to an action pending in this Court, which had been referred to the decision of the Court upon a case stated; and that he had been taken upon an execution issued against him upon a judgment in a civil action * He moved for his discharge on the ground that he [ * 246 ] was attending the Court, in the necessary care of his action. It was objected that his attendance on his cause, in the state in which it was, could be of no service, as he could not aid his counsel in the discussion of a mere question of law.

Opinion:
But the Court said he had a right to be attending, when his action was discussing, and they ordered him to be discharged.