State ex rel. Metcalf v. Wileman
Montana Supreme Court
Original application by the state, on the relation of George Metcalf and others, for writ' of mandate to compel Frank E. Wileman, as clerk and recorder of Granite county, Montana, to print the names of relators on the official ballot for the general election of 1914 in more than one party column.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
At the primary election held on August 25, George Metcalf was duly nominated for state senator, Samuel Clark for sheriff, and Hugh T. Cummings for representative, for Granite county by the Progressive, Republican and Socialist parties. The county clerk of Granite county refuses to print their names on the official ballot for the general election in more than one party column ; hence this .proceeding.
1. The Act of the Tenth Legislative Assembly known as the [1-3] anti-fusion statute (Laws 1907, p. 120; Rev. Codes, sec. 545) specifically prohibits a county clerk from printing a candidate’s name…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- People ex rel. Grinnell v. HoffmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
- State ex rel. Runge v. AndersonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
- Matter of Hopper v. . BrittNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- DeWalt v. Bartley, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1892
- In re Williams' EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1895
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3Cited by15 opinions
- In Re Clark's EstateMontana Supreme Court · 1937
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- State Ex Rel. Nagle v. the Leader Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1934
- State Ex Rel. Special Road District No. 8 v. MillisMontana Supreme Court · 1927
- Wheir v. DyeMontana Supreme Court · 1937
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