In re Fourth Judicial District
Wyoming Supreme Court
ORIGINAL application by the county and prosecuting attorney for Johnson County by direction of the board of the county commissioners of said county praying that the court direct the Attorney General to cause the institution of proceedings in the nature of quo warranto for the purpose of inquiring into and determining by what right or authority William S. Metz assumes to exercise the powers and functions of a judge of the district court within the.
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ORIGINAL application by the county and prosecuting attorney for Johnson County by direction of the board of the county commissioners of said county praying that the court direct the Attorney General to cause the institution of proceedings in the nature of quo warranto for the purpose of inquiring into and determining by what right or authority William S. Metz assumes to exercise the powers and functions of a judge of the district court within the. County of Johnson and elsewhere in the State of Wyoming. The second legislature of the State had passed an act entitled “An act to define the…
1Opinion of the Court
G-Roesbeck, Chief Justice.
This is a motion or an application on behalf of the Board of the County Commissioners of the County of Johnson to direct the Attorney General to cause proceedings in the nature of quo warranto to be instituted in this court for the purpose *139of inquiring and determining by what right or authority one William S. Metz assumes to exercise the powers and functions of a judge of the district court within the County of •Johnson or elsewhere in this State.
It appears from the application, duly verified, that said William S. Metz was appointed by the Governor to the office of…
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