State ex rel. Burnett v. Deck

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This action invokes the original jurisdiction of this court. The state asks a writ of mandamus to compel the board of county commissioners of Reno county, and the county clerk, and sheriff, or any or all of them, to call an election for the proposed recall of a county officer of that county, under the provisions of the constitutional amendment adopted in 1914. (Kan. Const., Art. 4, §§ 3, 4 and 5; Gen. Stat. 1915, §§ 192,193 and 194.)

The state’s petition alleges, in substance, that Peter Deck was elected county commissioner in the third…