McQuiston v. Griffith

Plaintiff, county superintendent of Perkins county, brought this action to enjoin the county clerk of that county from issuing a certificate of election to one S. B. Hanley, the successful candidate for the office of county superintendent at the election held November 6, 1984.

The basis of the action is the claim of plaintiff that, under the statute creating the office of county superintendent, the election for that office, held November 6, 1934, was invalid and that the proper time for holding the election of a county superintendent was in the year 1932 and every four years thereafter.

The…