State ex rel. Jackson v. Moseley
Supreme Court of Missouri
Petition for Mandamus. The 15th Judicial District for the State of Missouri was created by an act of the General Assembly, approved March 3, 1855, and entitled “An act to establish the 15th Judicial Circuit, and for other purposes.” (Sess. Acts, p. 24.) On the 3d Monday of March, 1855, the petitioner was duly elected judge for said' circuit, and commissioned as such.
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Petition for Mandamus. The 15th Judicial District for the State of Missouri was created by an act of the General Assembly, approved March 3, 1855, and entitled “An act to establish the 15th Judicial Circuit, and for other purposes.” (Sess. Acts, p. 24.) On the 3d Monday of March, 1855, the petitioner was duly elected judge for said' circuit, and commissioned as such. On the first Monday of August, 1857, the petitioner was again elected judge of said circuit, and commissioned. On the first day of April, 1864, the petitioner presented his account to the Auditor for allowance, being in amount…
1Opinion of the CourtBates, Judge
Albert Jackson was formerly the judge of the 15th Judicial Circuit. . Another person has been commissioned as judge of that circuit, who was elected at the general election of judges in November, 1863. Judge Jackson claims that he is still lawfully the judge ; and having presented to the Auditor of Public Accounts an account against the State for one quarter’s salary, and the Auditor having refused to audit and allow the same, he applies to this court for mandamus to the Auditor, commanding him to audit and allow the account.
The application for a mandamus is refused. It is sufficient for the…
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