 ... judges of courts of superior or general jurisdiction are not liable to civil actions for their judicial acts, even when such acts are in excess of their jurisdiction, and are alleged to have been done maliciously or corruptly.  Albany Law Journal - Seite 401875Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Eugene Allen Gilmore, William Charles Wermuth - 1914 - 840 Seiten
...jurisdiction where the judge acts maliciously or corruptly. To quote the exact language of the court: "They are not liable to civil actions for their judicial...when such acts are in excess of their jurisdiction, unless perhaps where -the acts, in excess of jurisdiction, are done maliciously or corruptly." There... | |
 | Charles Albert Keigwin - 1915 - 584 Seiten
...Court of the United States, which court held that judges of courts of record of superior or general jurisdiction are not liable to civil actions for their...alleged to have been done maliciously or corruptly. F1ELD, J. : The plea, as will be seen from our statement of it, not only sets up that the order of... | |
 | William Henry Lloyd - 1916 - 980 Seiten
...Randall v. Brigham, 7 Wall. 523.)" In the case last cited it is said of judges of superior courts: They are not liable to civil actions for their judicial...when such acts are in excess of their jurisdiction, unless perhaps they are done maliciously or corruptly. (Pp. 536, 537.) And in the other cases a distinction... | |
 | Heman Gerald Chapin - 1917 - 720 Seiten
...jurisdiction are collected lu Randall v. Brigbam, 7 Wall. 531, note L of inferior courts. The former are not liable to civil actions for their judicial...jurisdiction and are alleged to have been done maliciously and corruptly. But the weight of authority appears to be in favor of the doctrine that the latter will... | |
 | Ohio. Courts - 1922 - 636 Seiten
...against the eight judges and twelve jurors, and that is that: Judges of courts of superior or general jurisdiction are not liable to civil actions for their...alleged to have been done maliciously or corruptly." Bradley v. Fisher, 80 US. 646 Nieiw'ber v. Tarvin, J., 1 NP, 110: Cooley on Torts, 474 et sea'23 Cyc.,... | |
 | 1924 - 1206 Seiten
...jurisdiction is not liable to a civil action for his judicial acts, even where such acts are in excess of his jurisdiction and are alleged to have been done maliciously or corruptly. But a judge of a court of superior or general Jurisdiction is liable for his Judicial acts, if done corruptly... | |
 | 1887 - 968 Seiten
...where the court go a step further, and hold that judges of courts of record of superior or general jurisdiction are not liable to civil actions for their...alleged to have been done maliciously or corruptly. This was all that it was necessary to decide, because the defendant was a judge of a superior court.... | |
 | 1905 - 1052 Seiten
...in Fray v. Blackburn, supra, and further declared — "That judges of courts of superior or general jurisdiction are not liable to civil actions for their...in excess of their jurisdiction, and are alleged to nave been done maliciously or corruptly." In the light of these authorities, it plainly appears on... | |
 | 1898 - 1020 Seiten
...respect to them, no such limitation exists with respect to judges of superior or general authority. They are not liable to civil actions for their judicial...when such acts are in excess of their jurisdiction, unless, perhaps, where the acts In excess of jurisdiction are done maliciously or corruptly. This doctrine... | |
 | 1889 - 538 Seiten
...case of Bradley v. Fisher, 13 Wall. 335, is that "Judges of courts of record of superior or general Jurisdiction are not liable to civil actions for their...alleged to have been done maliciously or corruptly." The principle on which such exemption is founded and maintained rests in public policy, and was established... | |
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