State ex rel. Bradford v. Stock
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceedings in Mandamus. Action brought in the name of the state, on the relation of the attorney general, against all the county officers of Eush county, to compel them to remove their several offices from La Crosse to Eush Center or Walnut City, and there to keep their offices as the legal county seat of Eush county.
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Original Proceedings in Mandamus. Action brought in the name of the state, on the relation of the attorney general, against all the county officers of Eush county, to compel them to remove their several offices from La Crosse to Eush Center or Walnut City, and there to keep their offices as the legal county seat of Eush county. The alternative writ of mandamus, omitting caption, reads as follows: The State of Kansas to J. B. Stock, A. C. Dippert, and J. E. Buhl, County Commissioners; L. K. Hain, County Clerk; .J. A. Yauiger, Clerk of the District Court; J. F. Edwards, County Surveyor; A. J.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Simpson, C.:
A county-seat election was held in the county of Rush, on the 12th day of February, 1878. The declared result was 234 votes for Walnut City, 227 votes for La Crosse, and 1 vote for Alexander. After the result •of the canvass had been declared, one Daniel Hammond, an •elector of that county, commenced a proceeding in mandamus, under the provisions of chapter 79, Laws of 1871, and the amendment thereto of chapter 126, Laws of 1872, to contest such election, and to compel F. E. Garner, as county clerk of Rush county, to remove his office, books, papers and documents…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State v. School District No. 3Supreme Court of Kansas · 1885
- Sabin v. ShermanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1882
- Garner v. State ex rel. MoonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1882
- State ex rel. Bradford v. Board of CommissionersSupreme Court of Kansas · 1886
- Stoddart v. VanlaninghamSupreme Court of Kansas · 1874
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