State ex rel. Schulz v. Patton

This is an original proceeding in prohibition. The relator is the duly elected, qualified and acting treasurer of the city of Cape Girardeau, a city of the third class. Its charter consists of such provisions as are pertinent, in chapter 91 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri for 1899 (Mo. Ann. St. 1906, chap. 91). The respondents are the mayor and members of *629the council of that city. The office of treasurer of the city of Cape Girardeau is elective and relator holds his office in virtue of an election had and held in that city for city officers in April, 1907. For several terms prior to his…