State Ex Rel. Winnie v. Stoddard
Nevada Supreme Court
Original proceeding. Application for a writ of mandamus by the State; on the relation of W. E. Winnie, to compel A. B. Stoddard, and others, as the Board of County Commissioners of Storey County, to cause their clerk to issue an election notice. Certain other parties intervened by permission of court.
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Original proceeding. Application for a writ of mandamus by the State; on the relation of W. E. Winnie, to compel A. B. Stoddard, and others, as the Board of County Commissioners of Storey County, to cause their clerk to issue an election notice. Certain other parties intervened by permission of court. I. Relator contends that the act of 1899 is unconstitutional and void, in that the apportionment of senators and assemblymen made therein was not based upon an enumeration of the inhabitants of this state taken under the direction of the legislature thereof, nor upon any census taken under the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Massey J.:
This is an action by the state, on the relation of W. E. Winnie, the district attorney and an elector of Storey county, against the respondents, the board of ■ county commissioners of said county, to compel them as such board to cause their clerk, by proper order, to issue the necessary notice of the ensuing general election for members of the state senate and members of the assembly under the apportionment act of 1891.
The relator contends that the subsequent act of 1899 is not based upon the population, as shown by the census taken under the act of congress in 1890,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- State ex rel. Attorney General v. CunningamWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
- Parker v. State ex rel. PowellIndiana Supreme Court · 1892
- People Ex Rel. Carter v. . RiceNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- People ex rel. Woodyatt v. ThompsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Giddings v. BlackerMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
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3Cited by15 opinions
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