State Ex Rel. Schmeding v. District Court of the Sixth Judicial District

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] W.J. Godwin commenced an action in the district court of Morton county, in which W.F. Schmeding, his counsel C. Liebert Crum, and B.W. Shaw, M.J. Tobin, A.F. Erberle, and E.B. Haight, a notary public, were made defendants, seeking to enjoin defendants from proceeding in a legislative contest.

The county of Morton constitutes the 30th senatorial district of the legislative assembly and is entitled to three members in the house of representatives. At the last…