Erwin v. Wheeler
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Payne County; A. H. Huston, Judge. Application by W. E. Erwin for mandamus to L. G. Wheeler to require him to turn over the records, books, and documents belonging to the office of town clerk of the' town of Cushing, Payne county. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
On the 4th day of April, 1911, the plaintiff in error was elected to the office of town clerk of the town of Cushing, Payne county, receiving a majority of the votes cast for such office, and in due time received his certificate from the county election board. The defendant in error refused, - after demand, to turn over the records, books, and documents belonging to said office and the seal of said town. Mandamus was then sought to require him so to do.
The question essential for the determination of this case is whether the act of March 13, 1909, entitled “An act regulating elections in…
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