State ex rel. Brewster v. Covell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This is an action brought by the state, on the relation of S. M. Brewster, as attorney-general, to compel Etta M. Covell, the city clerk of Topeka, to strike from the registration books of the city the names of citizens of Germany and Austria-Hungary who have been registered in Topeka as qualified electors, and who it is alleged will Vote if their names are not stricken from the rolls of eligible voters.

The defendant admits that a number of persons who owe allegiance to the belligerent nations n'amed, .and who had declared their…