Powell v. Spackman
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from District Court, Ada County. It will be’seen from the agreed facts that the sole question presented for decision in this case involves the right of the inmates of the .soldiers’ home to gain a residence therein for voting purposes.
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APPEAL from District Court, Ada County. It will be’seen from the agreed facts that the sole question presented for decision in this case involves the right of the inmates of the .soldiers’ home to gain a residence therein for voting purposes. Appellant insists that the votes cast at said election by the inmates of said institution are illegal and void, and invokes in his behalf the provisions of our constitution, article 6, section 3, which are as follows: “For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence or absence while…
1Opinion of the CourtQuarles, C. J.
This action was. commenced by the appellant, who is an elector of Ada county, to contest the election of the respondent, Hester M. Spademan, to the office of county superintendent of public instruction of said county, and who received a certificate of election to said office; whereas it is claimed by appellant that Miss Helen Coston was elected to said office, and should have received certificate of election thereto. A stipulation of facts was filed, and the case decided upon the same by the lower court. It is agreed in the stipulation that forty inmates of the soldiers’ home, situated in…
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