State ex rel. Mathews v. Houdersheldt
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Upon the relation of J. Y. Mathews the supreme court granted its alternative writ of mandamus directed to the county auditor of Lyon county requiring him to receive the affidavit and fee of relator as a candidate for the office of judge of probate of that county or show cause why he had not done so.
1Opinion of the Court
Lees, C.
At the general election in November, 1920, an amendment to section 7, art. 6, of the state Constitution, proposed by the legislature *168at the 1919 session (chapter 531, p. 753, Laws 1919), was duly approved.
In the title of chapter 531, the amendment is referred to as one changing the length of the term of the judge of the probate court. The act provided that the ballots used at the election should have printed thereon: “Amendment to section seven, article six, of the constitution of the state of Minnesota, providing for extension of the term of office of the probate judge to four…
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