State ex rel. Kaufman v. Martin
Nevada Supreme Court
Original proceeding. Mandamus by the State, on the relation of J. G-. Kaufman and others, against C. T. Martin and others, constituting the Board of County Commissioners of Lyon County. I. In the present case we might say "the proposition, therefore, must go to this extent: That the county commissioners are clothed with absolute and despotic authority over the rights of the petitioners.
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Original proceeding. Mandamus by the State, on the relation of J. G-. Kaufman and others, against C. T. Martin and others, constituting the Board of County Commissioners of Lyon County. I. In the present case we might say "the proposition, therefore, must go to this extent: That the county commissioners are clothed with absolute and despotic authority over the rights of the petitioners. If the determination of the county commissioners be not final, then the writ must issue; for under the law the failure to act on the petition brings the proceeding to a complete stop, and there is no n other…
1Per curiam
The question presented is whether the petition presented to the board of county commissioners of Lyon County is signed by a sufficient number of qualified taxpaying electors to *204require the calling of an election to determine whether the county-seat shall be moved.
Section 5007 of the Compiled Laws provides: "SectioN 1. Whenever three-fifths of the qualified electors of any county of this state, each elector being a taxpayer of said county, as appears by the last assessment roll, who have taken and subscribed to the oath or affirmation prescribed by law for the registration of electors in this…
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