State ex rel. Clawson v. Bell

On January 5, 1907, John M. Clawson, as relator, filed a complaint in the lower court, in the nature of quo warranto, for the purpose of contesting the election of appellee to the office of county assessor of Henry county, and of obtaining a judgment ousting him from said office, and awarding the possession thereof to the relator, together with damages in his favor against appellee for the detention of the office in question. Appellee unsuccessfully demurred to the complaint upon the ground of insufficiency of facts. Thereupon he filed an answer in two paragraphs, the first being a general…