People ex rel. Baxter v. Hallett
Supreme Court of Colorado
Petition for mandamus. The proceeding was against the chief justice, and Beleord and Wells, JJ., were not agreed upon the principal point, and therefore the writ was denied.
1Opinion of the CourtBeleord, J.
This is an application for a peremptory writ of mandamus to issue against Moses Hallett, judge of the third judicial district, to compel him to recognize Marmaduke Green as the prosecuting attorney of that district.
It appears that at the election, held in September, 1870, Green was, by the votes of the qualified electors of the third district, elected prosecuting attorney. He received his certificate, took the prescribed oath, filed a suitable bond, received his commission from the governor, and entered upon the discharge of his duties. At the December term of the Pueblo district court the…
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