State ex rel. Anderson v. Newman

Reese, Ch. J.

This is an application to this court in the exercise of its original jurisdiction for a mandamus to the board of county commissioners of Cheyenne county, to require them to submit to the electors of said county the proposition to erect the county of Potter, with boundary lines as described in the petition presented for that purpose. It is alleged in the petition that the proposed new county comprises the extent of territory required by the constitution and laws of the state; that the petition was signed by a majority of the legal voters in the territory to be stricken from the…