Saylor v. Gray

ROSS, C. J.-

The plaintiff Gray and the defendant Saylor were rival candidates for the office of governor of council district No. 8 of the Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association at the general election held by said association on April 5, 1932. The election board, to wit, the board of governors of said association, canvassed the returns, declared Saylor elected, and ordered its clerk to issue to him a certificate of election, after which he duly qualified and assumed the duties of the office. The complaint is in the nature of a common-law action of quo warranto as modified by statute.…