State ex rel. Fitch v. McFarland

By our former decision in this case, ante, p. 198, the judgment of the district court was reversed and the action dismissed. The nature of the case is there stated.

It appears that in Madison county a commissioner had been elected for the first commissioners’ district in 1905, 1908 and 1911. The statutes, and perhaps some of the court decisions, were in confusion, and the officers and people of Madison county considered that the term of office of county commissioner in counties not under township organization and having three commissioners was three years. At that time the general election law…