Exrieder v. O'Keefe
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Twenty-nine legal voters of Dakota county petitioned the district court for that county to oust P. H. O’Keefe from the office of county attorney after being elected to that office. The matter was heard before Bardwell, J., sitting for one of the judges of the First judicial district, who made findings and ordered that P. H. O’Keefe be removed from office and his certificate of election annulled. From an order denying his motion for a new trial, P. H. O’Keefe appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, O.
At the general election held in November, 1918, the appellant was a candidate for the office of county attorney of Dakota county and was declared duly elected. Thereafter 29 legal voters of the county joined in a petition to oust him from the office on the ground that he had vio*279lated the Corrupt Practices Act. The trial court found as facts that appellant, while a candidate for the office of county attorney of Dakota county, had paid for and furnished intoxicating liquor to several qualified voters of that county, for the purpose and with the intent of influencing such voters to…
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