Rice v. Stevens
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceedings in Mandamus. ON the 18th of December, 1880, on the petition of Rice, an alternative writ of mandamus was issued out of this court and directed to T. H. Stevens, F. B. Singer, and J. W. Olehouse, commissioners of Harper county, and H. 0. Meigs, county clerk thereof, commanding said commissioners as a canvassing board to meet on the 28th day of December, 1880, at the office of the county clerk of that county, and then and there to canvass the returns of…
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Original Proceedings in Mandamus. ON the 18th of December, 1880, on the petition of Rice, an alternative writ of mandamus was issued out of this court and directed to T. H. Stevens, F. B. Singer, and J. W. Olehouse, commissioners of Harper county, and H. 0. Meigs, county clerk thereof, commanding said commissioners as a canvassing board to meet on the 28th day of December, 1880, at the office of the county clerk of that county, and then and there to canvass the returns of the election held in that county November 2, 1880, for the office of county clerk thereof, and declare the result of such…
1Opinion of the Court
*304The opinion of the court was delivered by
VALENTINE, J.:
This is a case kindred to Privett v. Stevens, ante, p. 275, and the same questions of irregularity are involved therein; but no question of ineligibility to hold the office occurs in this case. There is, however, one new question to be considered in this case. In this action the plaintiff, Ernest A. Rice, obtained an alternative writ of mandamus to compel the defendants, T. H. Stevens, P. B. Singer, and J. W. Clehouse, the county commissioners of Harper county, and H. O. Meigs, the county clerk of said' county, to canvass the election…
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