State ex rel. Davis v. Willis
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Ward county; Templeton, J. Application by the State of North Dakota on the relation of L. M. Davis, for a writ of mandamus requiring respondents, as the county board of canvassers of Ward county, to reconvene and prepare a new abstract of the vote cast at an election held upon a proposition to divide Ward county and create from a portion thereof the new county of Mountraille. From an order of the district court denying the writ, relator appeals.
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Appeal from District Court, Ward county; Templeton, J. Application by the State of North Dakota on the relation of L. M. Davis, for a writ of mandamus requiring respondents, as the county board of canvassers of Ward county, to reconvene and prepare a new abstract of the vote cast at an election held upon a proposition to divide Ward county and create from a portion thereof the new county of Mountraille. From an order of the district court denying the writ, relator appeals. Where canvassers have declared a result, they may be'compelled by mandamus to reconvene and declare a correct result…
1Opinion of the CourtEllsworth, J.
This appeal is taken from an order of the district court of the Eighth judicial district denying the application of appellant for a writ of mandamus, directed to respondents as the county canvassing board of Ward county. Appellant alleges, in his petition to the district court for the writ of mandamus, that he is an elector and taxpayer of the county of Ward; that on the 3d day of November, 1908, a general election was held within said count of Ward, and at said election there was submitted to the electors of said county a proposition to change the boundaries of Ward county, and to create…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Robbins v. Chicago CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- People Ex Rel. Sherwood v. State Board of CanvassersNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Ashton v. . City of RochesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- State ex rel. McCue v. BlaisdellNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1909
- State ex rel. Little v. LanglieNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1896
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- State ex rel. Byerley v. State Board of CanvassersNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1919
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