Jones v. Jones
Nevada Supreme Court
Application for writ of prohibition by Henry J. Jones and another against the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District in and for the County of Elko and another. The only proposition before the court is the construction of the complaints filed in the district court of the Fourth judicial district on the 24th day of April, 1918. These complaints are either accusations by the grand jury for malfeasance in office or private complaints for removal from office.
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Application for writ of prohibition by Henry J. Jones and another against the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District in and for the County of Elko and another. The only proposition before the court is the construction of the complaints filed in the district court of the Fourth judicial district on the 24th day of April, 1918. These complaints are either accusations by the grand jury for malfeasance in office or private complaints for removal from office. They cannot constitute quo warranto proceedings, for the reason that they do not come under section 5656, et seq., of-the Revised…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Sanders, J.:
This is an application for a writ of prohibition made on the following state of facts:
Henry J. Jones and James G. Gregory, since the 1st day of January, 1916, are the duly qualified, commissioned, *526and acting members of the board of'county commissioners of Elko County. As the result of investigations made by the grand jury of said county selected for the year 1917, John H. Cazier, the foreman thereof, with the knowledge and approval of its members, and upon the advice and direction of the attorneys acting for the county of Elko and the State of Nevada, on the 26th day…
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