Case Name: Ardashes Stephanian, Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1904-01-04
Citations: 25 R.I. 541
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ardashes Stephanian, Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus.
Judges: Present:- Stiness, C. J., Tillinghast and Douglas, JJ.
Reporter: Rhode Island Reports
Volume: 25
Pages: 541–542

Head Matter:
Ardashes Stephanian, Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus.
PROVIDENCE
JANUARY 4, 1904.
Present:- Stiness, C. J., Tillinghast and Douglas, JJ.
(1) Officers. Executions.
An officer who is a party to the action is disqualified from serving the execution therein.
Petition for writ of habeas corpus.
Heard and granted.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This case is ruled by Carroll v. Sheehan, 12 R. I. 218. There it was held that a writ could not be served by an officer who was-a party to it.
In the case before us the officer who served the execution, which, while not an original precept, is of course a writ, is a party to the action, and hence clearly disqualified from serving any precept therein.
A. J. Cushing & Frank H. Wildes, for petitioner.
James A. Williams, for respondent.
The commitment of the petitioner was therefore illegal, and a writ of habeas corpus is granted, as prayed.