Straughan v. Meyers
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Ste. Genevieve Circuit Court. — Now. N. Q. Ramsey, Judge. (1) The title to the Absentee Voter Act is sufficient to include and make operative all of the provisions of the act.
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Appeal from Ste. Genevieve Circuit Court. — Now. N. Q. Ramsey, Judge. (1) The title to the Absentee Voter Act is sufficient to include and make operative all of the provisions of the act. State ex rel. v. Ransom, 73 Mo. 78; State ex rel. v. Wiethaupt, 231 Mo. 449; State ex rel. v. Railroad, 48 Mo. 468; Stephens v. Bank, 43 Mo.' 385; State ex rel. v. Gordon, 170 S. W. 892; State ex rel. v. Vandiver, 222, Mo. 219; O’Connor v. Transit Co., 198 Mo. 622; Ewing v. Hoblitzelle, 85 Mo. 64; Sedgwick on Statutory & Const. Law, 521, quoted in Eltinge v. Hickman, 172 Mo. 237. (2) Courts are very…
1Opinion of the CourtRevelle, J.
— This is a contested election case. At the last general election in Ste. Genevieve County, held on November 3, 1914, the contestant and contestee were opposing candidates for the office of presiding judge of the county court of said county. Both parties are elegible under the law to hold the office.
*585The notice and counter notice of contest, in addition to the necessary averments as to the nomination of candidates and the holding and results of the election as declared by the election officials, contain numerous averments charging specific objections to many of the votes cast, based on the…
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- Bowers v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
- State ex rel. McCue v. BlaisdellNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1909
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- Spitler v. YoungSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
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