Board of Trustees v. People ex rel. Keith

This was a proceeding in mandamus instituted against the board of trustees of the town of Gillett, to compel the restoration of relator Keith to the office of mayor of the town, from which he claimed to have been unlawfully and wrongfully ousted by the respondent. An alternative writ was issued, to which respondent made answer, admitting the election of the relator to the office, his occupancy thereof for several months; but alleging that charges had been preferred against him, and after due trial before the board of trustees, he had been found guilty and removed from office. The charges were…