State ex rel. Tredway v. Lusk
Supreme Court of Missouri
Information in the nature of quo warranto. Tbe information stated that, in accordance with the provisions' of an act entitled “ an act to provide for electing a public printer,” approved March 24th, 1845, John G. Tredway, the relator, was, by the governor, on the 9th day of May, 1853, appointed and commissioned public printer of the state of Missouri, and had given bond and qualified according to law ; and that the respondent, James Lusk, usurped the office, and refused to…
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Information in the nature of quo warranto. Tbe information stated that, in accordance with the provisions' of an act entitled “ an act to provide for electing a public printer,” approved March 24th, 1845, John G. Tredway, the relator, was, by the governor, on the 9th day of May, 1853, appointed and commissioned public printer of the state of Missouri, and had given bond and qualified according to law ; and that the respondent, James Lusk, usurped the office, and refused to deliver up the books and papers belonging thereto. The respondent, in his answer, averred that, on the 4th day of…
1Opinion of the CourtGamble, Judge
Lusk was elected public printer by the general assembly at-the session of 1850, and at the session of 1852 there was a *336failure to elect a successor by the general assembly. In May, 1853, the governor appointed and commissioned Tredway to £11 the office. The present proceeding is for the purpose of removing Lusk from the office.
The act of 24th March, 1845, (R. C. 907,) in its first section, declares: “ There is hereby established an office to be called'the office of public printer.” The second section directs that a public printer shall be elected at the present session of the general…
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