State ex rel. Guion v. Miles
Supreme Court of Missouri
Mandamus. (1) Since the passage of the Act of March 13, 1901, the Democratic City Central Committee of St. Louis has ceased to be a voluntary association and has become a legally constituted body, governed by the statute. Laws 1901, p. 161; People ex rel. v. Dem. Gen. Com., 164 N. Y. 335; State ex rel. v. Witthoeft, 117 Mo. App. 625. (a) The law provides that the members of the committee shall be elected! biennially at the primary elections.
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Mandamus. (1) Since the passage of the Act of March 13, 1901, the Democratic City Central Committee of St. Louis has ceased to be a voluntary association and has become a legally constituted body, governed by the statute. Laws 1901, p. 161; People ex rel. v. Dem. Gen. Com., 164 N. Y. 335; State ex rel. v. Witthoeft, 117 Mo. App. 625. (a) The law provides that the members of the committee shall be elected! biennially at the primary elections. Law's 1901, p. 161, sec. 21. A large portion of the expense of these primary elections is borne by the public. P. .149. (b) The committees are not made…
1Opinion of the Court
FOX, J. —
This is an original proceeding begun in this court, by which it is sought to obtain a peremptory writ of mandamus directing the respondents to reinstate the relator in his rights and privileges as •a member of the Democratic City Central Committee •of the city of St. Louis.
The relator in this cause on December 23, 1907, filed in this court an amended information, which substantially charges that the relator was on the 6th day of October, 1906, duly elected a member of the Democratic City Central Committee from the sixth ward of the city of St. Louis by direct vote at a primary…
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