In re Election of District Judges
Supreme Court of Colorado
Opinion rendered pursuant to the following request of the governor; To the Honorable Judges of the Supreme Court: Gentlemen • — • By section 3 of a constitutional amendment adopted November 2, 1886, it is provided that the supreme court shall give its opinion upon important questions, upon solemn occasions, when required by the governor. The general assembly, by an act approved thereof March 24, 1887, divided the state into nine judicial districts.
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Opinion rendered pursuant to the following request of the governor; To the Honorable Judges of the Supreme Court: Gentlemen • — • By section 3 of a constitutional amendment adopted November 2, 1886, it is provided that the supreme court shall give its opinion upon important questions, upon solemn occasions, when required by the governor. The general assembly, by an act approved thereof March 24, 1887, divided the state into nine judicial districts. In accordance with the power given it by section 12 of the amendment to the constitution adopted November 2, 1886, the county of Arapahoe…
1Opinion of the CourtElbert, J.
■ Prior to the act of March, 1887, referred to, the state was divided into seven judicial districts. The act of 1887 increased the number of districts to nine, and the eighth and ninth districts referred to were new districts, in which there was no district judge, and for which the governor was authorized, under the provisions of the act, to appoint a judge, as in case of a vacancy, who should hold his office until the next general election, and until his successor was elected and qualified. For each of these new districts a judge was elected at the last general election, and the claim they…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Tucker v. RuckerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1880
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