State ex rel. Funkhouser v. Spencer
Supreme Court of Missouri
Prohibition. (1) No court in tbis State before which, a contested election is pending, or the clerk of any such court in vacation,' can, by writ issued to a clerk of a county court or to a board of election commissioners, as the case may be, compel such clerk or board in the presence of contestant and contestee and their attorneys to open, count, compare with the list of voters and examine the ballots in his or its office which were cast at the election in contest and…
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Prohibition. (1) No court in tbis State before which, a contested election is pending, or the clerk of any such court in vacation,' can, by writ issued to a clerk of a county court or to a board of election commissioners, as the case may be, compel such clerk or board in the presence of contestant and contestee and their attorneys to open, count, compare with the list of voters and examine the ballots in his or its office which were cast at the election in contest and certify to the court from which the writ is issued, the result of such count, comparison and examination, so far as the same,…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
— This is an original proceeding in prohibition, to prohibit the respondents from carrying out an order of the Hon. Selden P. Spencer, as judge of the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, on the other respondents as election commissioners of that city, to -examine the ballots and compare them with the voting lists, east at the general election, in the year 1900, in the city of St. Louis, for the office of coroner of that city.
Robert M. Eunkhouser, the relator, was the Democratic nominee for the office of coroner of St. Louis, at the general election in 1900, and Henry Lloyd was the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Davies v. People's Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1900
- McGrath v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- Lankford v. GebhartSupreme Court of Missouri · 1885
- State ex rel. McCurdy v. SloverSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- State ex rel. Ewing v. FrancisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1885
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3Cited by16 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Phillips v. BartonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1923
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- Quigley v. PhelpsWashington Supreme Court · 1913
- State ex rel. Von Stade v. TaylorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
- Montgomery v. DormerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
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