Election Bd. of Kingfisher Cty. v. Smith
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Kingfisher County; James B. Cullison, Assigned Judge. Proceedings in mandamus by the State, on the relation of Clyde Smith, an elector and resident of Kingfisher county, against the County Election Board of Kingfisher County, and George McCoy and others, as members of such board, and their successors in office, if any. Judgment for relator, and respondents bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtBleakmore, J.
Each of these causes is a proceeding for mandamus brought in the court below by the defendant in error, hereinafter called relator, against the election board of Kingfisher county and the members thereof, referred to herein as respondents, to compel them to canvass the returns from certain precincts in Kingfisher county of the votes cast at a general election held in said county on the 5th day of November, 1913, list and record all such returns, and issue a certificate of election showing the relator to have been elected sheriff of said county.
The facts disclosed by the record show that…
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- Moren v. NicholsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
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