State ex rel. Garesché v. Bond
Supreme Court of Missouri
I. Mandamus will lie where there is no appeal. The voter must be registered as an accepted or a rejected voter, or he is not of the three classes included in the 11th section of the registration law, for which an appeal is granted, and this section is to be strictly construed. II. The voter may register in any precinct, but must vote in that in which he is registered — Const.
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I. Mandamus will lie where there is no appeal. The voter must be registered as an accepted or a rejected voter, or he is not of the three classes included in the 11th section of the registration law, for which an appeal is granted, and this section is to be strictly construed. II. The voter may register in any precinct, but must vote in that in which he is registered — Const. Art. II., § 18. I. The writ will not lie, because the relator has a full and adequate remedy either by going to the registering officer of his own district, or by presenting his claim to the court of appeals — Com. Dig.…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, Judge
The relator states that he has for the last six years been a resident of the fifth ward of the city of St. Louis; that during all that period he has been and now is a duly qualified voter under and in pursuance of the laws of the State of Missouri, duly authorized and qualified to vote at all elections for State, county and township officers, and for county officers for the wards of the city of St. Louis, namely, justice of the peace and constable -for the fifth ward ; and that pursuant to the act of the last Legislature of Missouri, entitled “An act to provide for the registration of…
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