Ex Rel. Penrose v. Greathouse

OPINION

By the Court,

Sanders, J.:

This was an original proceeding commenced in this court by the relator, M. R. Penrose, for a writ of mandamus to compel W. G. Greathouse, as secretary of state, to forthwith transmit the name of Clark J. Guild to the respective county clerks of Churchill and Lyon Counties as a candidate for the office of district judge of the Eighth judicial district, “unexpired term.”

The undisputed facts of the case are as follows:

In November, 1922, at the general election for that year, T. C. Hart was duly elected district judge of the Eighth judicial district of the State of…