State ex rel. Mayor of David City v. Palmer
Nebraska Supreme Court
Original application for a mandamus to compel the respondent to proceed as city marshal of David city in the execution of certain official duties required of him by law.
1Opinion of the Court
Maxwell, Oh. J.
The .first question presented by the record in this case is the legality of the organization of David City as a city of the second class. It is admitted that the city does not contain to exceed one thousand inhabitants, and that it was organized as a city of the second class prior to the year 1879. Section one of “ an act to incorporate cities of the second class and to define their powers,” approved March 1, 1871, provided that “ all cities and towns of the state of Nebraska, containing more than five hundred and less than fifteen thousand inhabitants, shall be cities of the…
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