State ex rel. Crosby v. Moorhead

Rose, J..This is an application for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel respondent, as election commissioner of Douglas county, to place upon the official ballot for the election to be held November 7, 1916, the name of relator as a candidate for coroner. The application was resisted on the ground that the legislature of 1915 imposed upon the county attorney the duties of coroner.. Prom a dismissal of the proceeding relator has appealed.

The question presented is the validity of an act entitled :

“An act to provide' that the county attorney shall be ex officio county coroner, that he may…