State ex rel. Price v. Lawrence
Supreme Court of Kansas
Application for a Writ of Mandamus. The following, taken from the opinion of the court, is a full statement of the facts of the case: On the 9th day of January, A. D. 1865, this court granted an alternative writ of mandamus against the respondent herein, upon the application of the relator, Nathaniel Price.
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Application for a Writ of Mandamus. The following, taken from the opinion of the court, is a full statement of the facts of the case: On the 9th day of January, A. D. 1865, this court granted an alternative writ of mandamus against the respondent herein, upon the application of the relator, Nathaniel Price. The alleged facts of the case, and upon which the relator depended for the relief demanded, appear in the writ, which is as follows : The State of Kansas, ex rel. the State of Kansas, Nathaniel Price, v. The Sectetary of State for In Supreme Gourb within a/ndfor the Slate of Kansas. To the…
1Opinion of the Court
*99By the Court,
Sanford, J.
As to tlie objection to the jurisdiction of this court, wo are clearly of the opinion that it is not well taken.
We also think that a writ of mandamus is a proper, and the only sjoeeifie remedy to be resorted to in cases of this kind.
Both of these positions are fully sustained in the cases cited by relator, of which it will be sufficient to refer to the authority in 29th Ills., 418.
The further examination of this case involves a consideration of the provisions of sections 86 and 38 of the statute regulating elections.
It will be seen that the State Board of Canvassers…
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