Bloomer v. Todd
Washington Territory
Error to the District Court holding terms at Spokane Palls. Fourth District. Nevada H. Bloomer, the plaintiff below, sued the defendants John Todd, J. E. Gandy, and H. A. Clarke, judges of election, and conducting the regular municipal election in one of the wards of the city of Spokane Falls, in April, 1888, for fraudulently, maliciously, and without sufficient cause,, and with intent to injure her, refusing to receive her ballot, which she tendered to said judges,…
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Error to the District Court holding terms at Spokane Palls. Fourth District. Nevada H. Bloomer, the plaintiff below, sued the defendants John Todd, J. E. Gandy, and H. A. Clarke, judges of election, and conducting the regular municipal election in one of the wards of the city of Spokane Falls, in April, 1888, for fraudulently, maliciously, and without sufficient cause,, and with intent to injure her, refusing to receive her ballot, which she tendered to said judges, containing the names of the persons for whom she intended to vote for the office of mayor and for other offices to be filled at…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Jones
The appellant commenced this action in the District Court for Spokane county, upon the following complaint:
“ The above-named plaintiff complains of the above-named defendants, and alleges that the city of Spokane Falls is a municipal corporation, existing as such city under and by virtue of the laws of Washington Territory, and was existing as such city under and by virtue of such laws at the times hereinafter mentioned. That, by an act of the legislative assembly of Washington Territory, approved November 28,1885, the said city of Spokane is divided into four wards, and all that portion…
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