Rees v. Nash
Supreme Court of Minnesota
From the action of the canvassing board in declaring William M. Nash, contestee, elected to the office of county attorney of Hennepin county at the general 1918 election, John M. Rees, contestant, appealed to the district court for that county, because of violation of the Corrupt Practices Act by the contestee and his personal campaign committee in the matter of expenditures for the election and in failing to file, in accordance with law, a statement of such expenditures.
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From the action of the canvassing board in declaring William M. Nash, contestee, elected to the office of county attorney of Hennepin county at the general 1918 election, John M. Rees, contestant, appealed to the district court for that county, because of violation of the Corrupt Practices Act by the contestee and his personal campaign committee in the matter of expenditures for the election and in failing to file, in accordance with law, a statement of such expenditures. The matter was heard before Johnson, J., of the First judicial district, acting at the request of the judges of the…
1Opinion of the CourtQuiNN, J.
Contestant filed a petition with the district court to contest and set aside the election of the contestee to the office of county attorney of Hennepin county, at the general election in November, 1918. The cause was heard on January 2, 1919. At the close of the testimony offered by the contestant the contestee rested without offering any evidence. The matter was then submitted and the court made findings and ordered judgment of dismissal, upon the ground that the contestant had failed to prove the allegations of the petition. Judgment was entered, and on January 25 contestant moved for…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lamprey v. St. Paul & Chicago Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- Nikannis Co. v. City of DuluthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
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