State ex rel. Vogel v. Bersch
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Horatio D. Wood, Judge. The return of the appellants to the alternative writ evidenced a degree of effrontery in its makers, which is without parallel in the history of municipal proceedings. Quaeris Alcidae parem % Nemo est nisi ipse. The respondent had been duly elected and admitted to the house of delegates as a lawfully elected member.
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Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Horatio D. Wood, Judge. The return of the appellants to the alternative writ evidenced a degree of effrontery in its makers, which is without parallel in the history of municipal proceedings. Quaeris Alcidae parem % Nemo est nisi ipse. The respondent had been duly elected and admitted to the house of delegates as a lawfully elected member. Lie had heen admitted, and his right to his seat conceded by the house, which had passed upon his qualifications. He had been appointed upon committees, had participated in the proceedings, had voted upon…
1Opinion of the Court
BLAND, P. I.
This is a proceeding by mandamus commenced in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis to command all the defendants, as members of the house of delegates of the municipal assembly of the city of St. Louis, to rescind their action ousting "William Yogel, the relator, from his seat as delegate from the Fourth Ward of said city, and restore him thereto; and that defendant John A. Sheridan be required to vacate said seat.
The allegations of the alternative writ of mandamus are as follows:
“'The plaintiff states that he is the lawfully elected member of the house of delegates of the…
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