State ex rel. Tilley v. Ford
Missouri Court of Appeals
Original Action by Quo Warranto. Cited in a lengthy printed argument the following authorities: Laws of Mo. 1883, p. 59 ; State v. Stone-street, 12 S. W. Rep. 895 ; R. S. 1879, sec. 5838; And. Diet.
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Original Action by Quo Warranto. Cited in a lengthy printed argument the following authorities: Laws of Mo. 1883, p. 59 ; State v. Stone-street, 12 S. W. Rep. 895 ; R. S. 1879, sec. 5838; And. Diet. Law.' 1023; People v. Brundage, 78 N. Y. 403, 407; R. S., sec. 3126 ; Balter v. Kirie, 33 Ind. 517; Haight v. Love, 39 N. J. Law, 476 ; State v. St. Louis, 90 Mo. 19 ; Marbury v. Madison, 1 Craneh, 162 ; Const., art. 2, sec. 22; art. 6, sec. 22; Ex Parte Slater, 72 Mo. 102 ; In re McDonald, 19 Mo. App. 370 ; Const., art 6, sec. 28.; Laws of 1879, p. 80 ; In re Tuller, 79 111. 99, 107 ; State v.…
1Opinion of the CourtGill, J.
This is a proceeding by quo warranto to test the title of the defendant to the office of official stenographer of Buchanan county circuit court, division number 2. The defendant, by a general demurrer to the information, has put in issue the merits of his claim to that office. It seems to be conceded that the relator’s case is well stated in the information. The facts, so far as necessary to the determination of the questions raised by the demurrer, are as follows : At the general election in 1886, O. M. Spencer was elected judge of the twelfth judicial circuit of Missouri, which, at that…
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