State ex rel. Blessing v. Davis

The attorney general has instituted an original action in quo ivarranto in this court to test the right of the respondent to hold the office of clerk of the district court for Valley county. The relator, Blessing, is the county clerk of said county, and according to the allegations of the *334petition, is ex-officio clerk of tbe district court and entitled to tbe possession of tbe office and tbe emoluments thereof. Tbe action is grounded on tbe allegation that Valley county bas less than 8,000 population, and therefore, under the statute, tbe clerk of tbe county is ex-officio clerk of tbe…