State ex rel. County Attorney v. Willott
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court for Boone county: Frederick W. Button, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtRose, J.
This is an action in the nature of quo warranto prosecuted in the name of the state on the relation of the county attorney of Boone county to oust respondent from the office of sheriff. The action was dismissed, and relator has appealed.
Otto Anderson, sheriff of Boone county, died October 29, 1918. He had been a candidate to succeed himself at the general election to be held November 5, 1918. His name remained on the official ballots after his death, and the election returns showed that he received the highest number of votes cast for that office. It thus happened that there was a vacancy in…
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