Page v. Utah Commission
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the.Third Judicial District. Hon. George W. Bartch, Judge. Mandamus proceedings upon the' relation of J. D. Page against the Utah Commission, consisting of Jerrold R. Letcher, Erasmus W. Tatlock, Albert G. Norrell, Hoyt Sherman, Jr., and Geo. W. Thatcher. From a judgment granting a peremptory writ and from an order denying a new trial, defendants appeal. The opinion states the facts except that the last clause of § 256, 1 Comp.
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Appeal from the District Court of the.Third Judicial District. Hon. George W. Bartch, Judge. Mandamus proceedings upon the' relation of J. D. Page against the Utah Commission, consisting of Jerrold R. Letcher, Erasmus W. Tatlock, Albert G. Norrell, Hoyt Sherman, Jr., and Geo. W. Thatcher. From a judgment granting a peremptory writ and from an order denying a new trial, defendants appeal. The opinion states the facts except that the last clause of § 256, 1 Comp. Laws 1888, p. 324, reads as follows: “They (canvassing board) may also cause to appear before them any persons whom they deem proper…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
This was a proceeding in mandamus begun by the plaintiff against’ the defendants to compel the issuance to him (the plaintiff) of a certificate of election as a delegate to the constitutional convention soon to meet under the enabling act to form a constitution for the state of Utah. The affidavit on behalf of plaintiff on which the alternate writ was issued set out substantially that the plaintiff was an elector duly registered in San Pete county, Utah territory, at the time of the general election held November 6, 1894, in said territory; that the defendants constitute the board commonly…
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