Clough v. Curtis

This is an application by the plaintiff for a writ of mandate to be directed to the defendant above named. The grounds upon which the writ is asked are fully set out in the petition of the plaintiff, which reads as follows: “Your applicant respectfully shows to your honorable court that he is the president of the council of the fifteenth session of the legislature of Idaho territory. That he was duly elected, qualified, and acted as, and is the acting, president of that body. That the defendant, Edward J. Curtis, is the secretary of the territory of Idaho. That, on the sixtieth day of the…