State Ex Inf. Barrett v. McClure

The Attorney-General, April 10, 1923, filed in this court an information in the nature of quo ivarranto, alleging that one James W. Shumard, at the general election November 7, 1922, was duly elected treasurer of Harrison County, Missouri, and that respondent, Daisy McClure, usurped and continued to hold possession of said office, and praying for a writ ordering her to show by what authority she claimed the office.

A writ was duly issued by this court, ordering her to show cause, to which she made return June 1, 1923, setting up facts which appear in an agreed statement filed by the parties…