State Ex Rel. Maffett v. Turnbull

Peterson, Justice.

Claiming that he was entitled to the office of assessor of the village of Richfield as the duly elected assessor at the 1941 election, relator brought quo warranto under the rule of State ex rel. Dowdall v. Dahl, 69 Minn. 108, 71 N. W. 910, to recover the office and to oust respondent as the incumbent thereof. For convenience, the parties will be designated here as they were below.

Respondent was elected assessor for the term of two years at the 1939 election. Although the office was not vacant and not then to be filled at the 1940 election, an election of an assessor was…