Price v. Lush
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from, First Judicial District, Lewis and Clarke County. Election contest. Motion to quash the statement of contest was sustained by Hunt, J. The effect to be given to the provisions of law prescribing the several things to be done before the name of a candidate can be printed upon an official ballot is a question of first impression, so far as the courts of the United States are concerned; but it is obvious from the debisions by the courts of Great Britain and her…
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Appeal from, First Judicial District, Lewis and Clarke County. Election contest. Motion to quash the statement of contest was sustained by Hunt, J. The effect to be given to the provisions of law prescribing the several things to be done before the name of a candidate can be printed upon an official ballot is a question of first impression, so far as the courts of the United States are concerned; but it is obvious from the debisions by the courts of Great Britain and her colonies, that failures to observe them are there held to invalidate the election. (Qothard v. Clarke, 42 L. T. N. S. 777…
1Opinion of the CourtBlake, C. J.
This is an election contest involving the right of the respondent to the office of justice of the peace.
It is alleged in the statement that Price, the appellant, is a citizen of the United States and the county of Lewis and Clarke, Territory of Montana, and a resident and elector in Marysville precinct, Belmont Township, county aforesaid. That an election was held October 1, 1889, in said township for the office of justice of the peace for the term of three years. “That said L. L. Lush appeared upon the tickets that were voted at said election as a candidate for said office of justice of the…
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