State ex rel. Daniels v. Prosser

The opinion of the court was delivered bj^

Scott, C. J.

This is a proceeding in quo warranto, brought to determine which of two rival' boards of trustees and sets of officers of the Renton Co-Operative Coal Company were entitled to hold office. The appeal was briefed and argued upon the merits, but the record discloses that the election in question was held in July, 1895, and that said officers were to con*609tinue in office only for the term of one year, which expired in July, 1896. The case was heard in the lower court and a judgment rendered before the expiration of said term, but the record in…