McClure v. Scates

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J.:

In the trial of a contested election in Seward county, the contest court determined that T. A. Scates, who claimed the the office of county attorney, had not been elected. Scates immediately prepared and presented to the contest court a bill of exceptions for settlement and to be signed when settled, but the judges of the contest court separated without taking any action, and Scates then brought this proceeding in mandamus to compel the settling and signing of a bill of exceptions. One of the judges, O. S. Kilgore, answered that he was…