Legal Opinion
Sjostrom v. Bishop
Utah Supreme Court
Decided June 25, 1964No. 10054PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CROCKETT, Justice:
This is an original proceeding in this court in the nature of quo warranto by which the plaintiff Harvey A. Sjostrom, former City Attorney, seeks to oust the defendants Theral V. Bishop as Mayor and Ross L. Covington as Commissioner of Logan City.
The defendants were elected for terms of four years each to these offices at the election held November 7, 1961. On January 2, 1962, they duly qualified and assumed the offices mentioned and have since continued to serve therein.
The difficulty with which we are here confronted devolves upon Section 10-6-18, U.C.A.1953 which provides:
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Skaggs v. Fyffe, JudgeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1936
- Hester v. KamykowskiIllinois Supreme Court · 1958
- State v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1939
- State Ex Rel. Stain v. ChristensenUtah Supreme Court · 1934
- State ex rel. Wight v. Park City School District No. 12Utah Supreme Court · 1913
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3Cited by12 opinions
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