DeHoff v. Myers

Mandatory stautes are imperative and must be strictly construed, otherwise the proceeding which is taken ostensibly by virtue thereof will be void. Compliance therewith substantially is a condition precedent, that is, the validity of acts done under a mandatory statute depends on a compliance with its provisions.

The vital question presented in this case is as to whether or not there has been a substantial compliance with the statutory provisions governing the questioned election. If there has been such, then the claim of the plaintiff must fall. See 2nd Sutherland on Statutory Construction,…