State ex rel. Woodson v. Robinson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Prohibition. (1) The requirements of the statute as to notice are jurisdictional and must be complied with. Election contest proceedings are everywhere regarded and treated as special statutory proceedings. State ex rel. v. Hough, 193 Mo. 643. They are not civil suits.
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Prohibition. (1) The requirements of the statute as to notice are jurisdictional and must be complied with. Election contest proceedings are everywhere regarded and treated as special statutory proceedings. State ex rel. v. Hough, 193 Mo. 643. They are not civil suits. Castello v. Court, 28 Mo. 277; State ex rel. v. Spencer, 166 Mo. 279; State ex rel. v. Hough, 193 Mo. 643. The courts inherently possess no jurisdiction of election contests and where the statutes confer such jurisdiction upon the courts, they possess jurisdiction only as defined and limited by statute. Said jurisdiction is not…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, C. J.
— This is an original action in prohibition. At the November election, 1916, the relator', Stephen C. Woodson, and the respondent, Francis E. Parker, were opposing candidates for the office of county judge of the western district of Jackson County, Missouri. This district was co-extensive with the municipality of Kansas City, Missouri, and therefore the Board of Election Commissioners of said city had full control of the returns from such election for said office. > In the brief it is stated that Woodson received some 3000 more votes that his opponent Parker, but for the question involved…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Castello v. St. Louis Circuit CourtSupreme Court of Missouri · 1859
- Gumm v. HubbardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888
- Bowen v. HixonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1870
- State ex rel. Wells v. HoughSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- Wilson v. LucasSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Ussery v. HaynesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1939
- Gallagher v. LinwoodNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1924
- Messick v. GraingerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1947
- Davenport v. TeetersMissouri Court of Appeals · 1954
- State Ex Rel. Brown v. StewartSupreme Court of Missouri · 1926
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