State Ex Rel. McMahon v. Erickson

Loring, Justice.

An order to show cause was issued by the district court of Hennepin county pursuant to 3 Mason Minn. St. 1940 Supp. § 601-3 (l)g (Act April 21, 1939, c. 345, Part 3, c. 1, § 8), directed to the county auditor, requiring him to accept the filing of relator as a candidate for the office of register of deeds in that county at the September 10, 1940, primary, or to show cause to the contrary.

On November 8, 1938, the then incumbent register of deeds of Hennepin county was reelected for a four-year term, com-i mencing the first Monday in January, 1939. Nine days later he died. On…