State ex rel. Keeler v. Allen
Supreme Court of Kansas
Proceedings in Quo Warranto from Jefferson County. The following are the material allegations of the petition of the relator, with the exhibits omitted, and embody the principal facts of the case not' disclosed by the statement in the opinion hereto annexed : I. “ 1. That on the 14th day of January, A. D. 1869, the board of county commissioners of Jefferson county, in the State of Kansas, directed Henry Keeler, county attorney of said county, to prosecute this action against…
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Proceedings in Quo Warranto from Jefferson County. The following are the material allegations of the petition of the relator, with the exhibits omitted, and embody the principal facts of the case not' disclosed by the statement in the opinion hereto annexed : I. “ 1. That on the 14th day of January, A. D. 1869, the board of county commissioners of Jefferson county, in the State of Kansas, directed Henry Keeler, county attorney of said county, to prosecute this action against said "W. N. Allen, defendant. “2.- That on the — day of November, A. D: 1867, said defendant, 'Walter N. Allen, was…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Valentine, J.
This action was commenced originally in this court by Henry Keeler, county attorney of Jefferson county, to inquire by what authority the said Walter N. Allen continues to exercise the functions of county clerk of said county, after he has forfeited, as the said Keeler claims, the said office.
Before said action was finally brought on for trial, the said defendant interposed every possible dilatory motion, that skill and ingenuity could invent; and in the disposal of all these motions, every legal question in the case was raised and decided, and nothing was left to be…
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