Phillips v. Gallagher
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Petition in the supreme court b'y Alonzo Phillips against Matthew Gallagher and William E. Gooding, president and secretary of the Democratic county convention for Hennepin county, and Martin Whitcomb, for an order to compel Gallagher and Gooding to issue to petitioner a certificate of nomination by the convention to the office of sheriff of Hennepin county, or to show cause why petitioner should not have such relief.
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Petition in the supreme court b'y Alonzo Phillips against Matthew Gallagher and William E. Gooding, president and secretary of the Democratic county convention for Hennepin county, and Martin Whitcomb, for an order to compel Gallagher and Gooding to issue to petitioner a certificate of nomination by the convention to the office of sheriff of Hennepin county, or to show cause why petitioner should not have such relief. Defendants answered and Whitcomb intervened, praying that Gallagher and Gooding be commanded to issue their certificate of nomination to him and not to plaintiff. The matter was…
1Opinion of the Court
START, O. J.
The petitioner, Alonzo Phillips, instituted this proceeding against the respondents, Matthew Gallagher and William E. Gooding, as the chairman and secretary, respectively, of a Democratic convention for the county of Hennepin, to compel them to issue to him a certificate of nomination as the party candidate for sheriff. The petition alleged that the petitioner was duly nominated by such convention. The respondents and the intervenor, Martin Whit-comb, denied this allegation, and alleged that Whitcomb and not Phillips was duly nominated as such party candidate.
A referee was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In Re Objections to the Certificate of Nomination of FairchildNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- State ex rel. Childs v. KiichliSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- Manston v. McIntoshSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- People ex rel. Simpson v. Board of Police Com'rsThe Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo · 1894
3Cited by9 opinions
- Seay v. Latham, Secretary of StateTexas Supreme Court · 1944
- Irish v. Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party of MinnesotaDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1968
- State ex rel. Cann v. MooreWashington Supreme Court · 1900
- Attorney-General Ex Rel. Broderick v. BarrySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1907
- Grigsby v. HarrisDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1928
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