Campbell v. Hunt
Arizona Supreme Court
Original petition for Writ of Mandamus. Plaintiff held entitled to writ.
1Opinion of the CourtFranklin, C. J.
The inquiry involved in this proceeding imposes upon the court the duty of determining which *445one of two persons, being rival claimants, respectively, to tbe office of Governor of this state, shall be recognized and given temporarily the status of a de facto officer. It goes no further. This solemn duty may not, in the popular comprehension, be entirely dissociated from a political aspect, but in this court it is, in its very essence, viewed strictly as a judicial question proper for the judgment of the court. The equity of the court must from the most trivial to the most solemn occasions be…
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