Brown v. Jeffries

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Horton, C. J.:

This is an action in the nature of quo warranto, brought originally in this court by H. L. Brown against R. C. Jeffries, to oust the defendant from the office of county commissioner of the first district of Rush county. The petition alleges, among other things, that on the 8th day of November, 1887 — that being the regular time for the election of a member of the board of county commissioners of Rush county for the first district — the plaintiff and the defendant were candidates for that office; that at said election in the district the…