State ex rel. Harvey v. Wright
Supreme Court of Missouri
Quo Warranto. (1) The burden of proof in a quo warranto case is upon the respondent. State ex rel. v-. McCann, 88 Mo. 386. (2) The law (Laws 1911, p. 248), providing that in the appointment by the Governor of the four members composing the board of election commissioners, “two of said election commissioners so appointed by the Governor shall be members of the leading party politically opposed to that to which the Governor belongs,” is constitutional and mandatory upon the…
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Quo Warranto. (1) The burden of proof in a quo warranto case is upon the respondent. State ex rel. v-. McCann, 88 Mo. 386. (2) The law (Laws 1911, p. 248), providing that in the appointment by the Governor of the four members composing the board of election commissioners, “two of said election commissioners so appointed by the Governor shall be members of the leading party politically opposed to that to which the Governor belongs,” is constitutional and mandatory upon the Governor. (a) There is no constitutional direction in Missouri concerning the qualifications of members of the board of…
1Opinion of the CourtFaris, J.
This is an original proceeding in the nature of quo warranto, begun by Thomas B. Harvey, as circuit attorney of the city of St. Louis, against Joseph A. Wright, respondent, to try the title by which respondent holds the office of member of the Board of Election Commissioners of the said city of St. Louis.
Respondent was appointed such member of the Board of'Election Commissioners by the Governor of Missouri on January 29, 1913, for a term ending January 15,1917, and duly commissioned as such by a commission duly and regularly issued qn February 3, 1913. He has duly qualified by taking the…
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