State ex rel. Edgerly v. Brown
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceedings in Quo Warranto. On November 11,1885, The State of Kansas, ex rel. A. W. Edgerly, county attorney of Coffey county, filed the following petition against C. O. Brown, probate judge of said county: “The State of Kansas, on the relation of A. W. Edgerly, county attorney of Coffey county, Kansas, and by virtue of the authority vested in him by law, gives the court here to understand and be informed* that at the general election of the year 1884, and on the…
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Original Proceedings in Quo Warranto. On November 11,1885, The State of Kansas, ex rel. A. W. Edgerly, county attorney of Coffey county, filed the following petition against C. O. Brown, probate judge of said county: “The State of Kansas, on the relation of A. W. Edgerly, county attorney of Coffey county, Kansas, and by virtue of the authority vested in him by law, gives the court here to understand and be informed* that at the general election of the year 1884, and on the 4th day of November, 1884, said defendant, C. O. Brown, was duly elected to the office of probate judge of Coffey county,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
This is an action in the nature of quo warranto, brought by the plaintiff to remove the defendant from the office of probate judge of Coffey county, in this state, because of an alleged failure to perform the duties imposed by §3, chapter 8, Special Session Laws of 1874. This section reads as follows:
“It shall be the duty of the probate judge in each county, once during each quarter of each year, without' notice to said county treasurer, to examine and count the funds in the hands of the county treasurer; and the county commissioners of…
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