Lehman v. Pettingell
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to the County Court of Grand County. Hon. J. W. Swisher, Judge. Mandamus proceedings by Henry Lehman and James C. Mugrage against J. N. Pettingell, as county clerk of Grand county, Colorado, and J. É. Brown, as justice of the peace for the third precinct of said county, and C. H. Nuckolls, as justice of the peace for the second precinct of said county, to compel defendants to canvass the returns of an election. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Chiep Justice Steele
delivered the opinion of the court:
The defendants constituted the board of canvassers of Grand county, and, after the election in the year 1906, sat as such board of canvassers and made a partial canvass of the returns of the judges *260of election in. Grand county, and caused certificates of election to be issued. The plaintiffs were the candidates for sheriff and county treasurer, respectively. An alternative writ of mandamus was issued, which sets out certain facts with reference to the conduct of the canvassing board in failing to canvass the returns from precinct number 5…
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