Wheeler v. Brady
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Nemaha District (hurt. Quo warranto, brought by Wheeler, to test the right to the office of school-district treasurer of District No. 51, Nemaha county. At the ,annual district meeting held in March 1872, Brady, the defendant, was elected such treasurer, and thereafter qualified and entered upon the duties of his office. At the annual district meeting held in March 1873, 140 votes were cast, of which Wheeler, the plaintiff, received 70, and one Geo.
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Error from Nemaha District (hurt. Quo warranto, brought by Wheeler, to test the right to the office of school-district treasurer of District No. 51, Nemaha county. At the ,annual district meeting held in March 1872, Brady, the defendant, was elected such treasurer, and thereafter qualified and entered upon the duties of his office. At the annual district meeting held in March 1873, 140 votes were cast, of which Wheeler, the plaintiff, received 70, and one Geo. H. Adams received 70. Of those voting for Wheeler, 60 were men, and 10 were women. Of those voting for Adams, 50 were men, and 20 were…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
The only question involved in this case, or rather the only question which we need consider, is, whether persons having all -the qualifications for electors as defined by § 1, article 5 of the constitution, except that they are women, have the right to vote at an election regularly held for the election of a school-district treasurer. This case differs widely *30from the case of Winans v. Williams, 5 Kansas, 227. While we have no statutory or constitutional provision authorizing women to vote for either state or county superintendent of…
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