Donovan v. Dougherty
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, for Ada County. Hon. Carl A. Davis, Judge, in an action to enjoin the Secretary of State from certifying certain names to county auditors as nominees upon the Democratic ticket to be voted for at the primary election, and original proceedings here by mandamus to accomplish the same purpose. Judgment of the district court affirmed.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, for Ada County. Hon. Carl A. Davis, Judge, in an action to enjoin the Secretary of State from certifying certain names to county auditors as nominees upon the Democratic ticket to be voted for at the primary election, and original proceedings here by mandamus to accomplish the same purpose. Judgment of the district court affirmed. “It was the intention of the legislature that every right conferred upon the voter at the primary election would be protected, defended and enforced by appropriate legal methods, and every wrong…
1Per curiam
These causes are consolidated for the purposes of this opinion because they all grow out of the same state of facts and seek the same relief in substance, and the court feels that it has not the necessary time, owing to the public necessity for an early determination of them, to formulate a separate opinion in each.
The first action is in this court upon appeal from the third judicial district, and was brought for the purpose of obtaining a writ of injunction restraining the Secretary of State from certifying the names of certain candidates to the various county auditors of the state for…
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