Stephens v. Nacey
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Valley County; J. Miller Smith, a Judge of the First Judicial District, presiding. Election Contest by James R. Stephens against Patrick Nacey. Judgment for the contestee, and contestant appeals. The right to vote is neither a property right nor a right of persons, but a mere political privilege, which the legislature may regulate to any extent not prohibited by the state or federal constitutions. (State v. Superior Court, 60 Wash. 370, 140 Am.
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Appeal from District Court, Valley County; J. Miller Smith, a Judge of the First Judicial District, presiding. Election Contest by James R. Stephens against Patrick Nacey. Judgment for the contestee, and contestant appeals. The right to vote is neither a property right nor a right of persons, but a mere political privilege, which the legislature may regulate to any extent not prohibited by the state or federal constitutions. (State v. Superior Court, 60 Wash. 370, 140 Am. St. Rep. 925, 111 Pac. 233; 15 Cye. 281; 10 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, 2d ed., 568; Cooley’s Constitutional Limitations, 6th…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
Election contest involving title to the office of sheriff of Valley county. Heretofore a judgment by the district court dismissing the contest for want of jurisdiction was reversed, and it was directed that the right to the office be determined as it should be made to appear under the issues of fact presented by the pleadings. (Stephens v. Nacey, 47 Mont. 479, 133 Pac. 361.) The allegations in the original statement impeached the legality of the vote cast at polling place No. 1, of Saco precinct, and the entire vote cast at Poplar precinct. Prior to the trial the contestant, by leave of…
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