Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Attorney-General v. Wilson

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1876PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Proceedings in quo warranto.

1Opinion of the CourtGilmore, J.

This proceeding was commenced by the-attorney-general in pursuance of a joint resolution of the-general assembly.

The information charges that the defendant has usurped and intruded into, and does now usurp, the office of medical superintendent of the hospital for the insane at Athens; “ he, the said Charles L. Wilson, not being an elector of the State of Ohio, but a resident and elector of the State-of Indiana.”

The plea, though otherwise sufficient, fails to traverse-this allegation, and on this ground is demurred to.

The only question presented is, whether the place of medical superintendent…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Shelby v. AlcornMississippi Supreme Court · 1858

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Clyatt v. HockerSupreme Court of Florida · 1897
  2. State v. SpauldingSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
  3. Questions Submitted by the House of Representatives, March 20, 1901Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1901
  4. Andrews v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
  5. City of Ellsworth v. RossiterSupreme Court of Kansas · 1891

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