State ex rel. Hatch v. Smart
Montana Supreme Court
Original application for mandamus by the state, on the relation of L. D. Hatch and others, against Howard D. Smart, as county clerk and recorder of Ravalli county, to compel the printing of their names on the official ballot in the Democratic column.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pigott
Mandamus. By this proceeding the plaintiffs seek a peremptory writ commanding the clerk of the county of Ravalli to cause to be printed on the official ballot, in the column headed ‘ ‘Democratic, ’ ’ and under the names of the nominees of that party for state offices, the names of the plaintiffs and two other persons, as the nominees of the Democratic party *415for the several offices to be filled in the county of Ravalli at the ensuing general election on the 6th day of November. Asserting that they and the two other persons are the duly nominated candidates of the Democratic party, the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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