State ex rel. City of St. Paul v. Oehler

Streissguth, Justice.

With the consent of the attorney general, relators filed an information for a writ of quo warranto to test the right of respondent to the office of corporation counsel for the city of St. Paul. The writ having been issued by leave of this court, respondent served and filed his answer thereto, together with a notice of motion to vacate the order issuing the writ and to quash the information, the writ, and all proceedings thereunder. The notice of motion was supported by a lengthy affidavit purporting to recite the factual history of a controversy between him and relators…