Alexander v. People ex rel. Schoolfield
Supreme Court of Colorado
'Error to District Court of Custer County. This was a petition for an alternative writ of mandamus, filed in the district court of Custer county February 19, 1883, and the writ was issued in accordance with the prayer of the petition, commanding “that immediately after the receipt of this writ, or a copy thereof, you, the said Max E. Alexander, do open and keep open your said office as and of county clerk aforesaid, at said Eosita, in Custer county and state of Colorado, for…
Read the full summary
'Error to District Court of Custer County. This was a petition for an alternative writ of mandamus, filed in the district court of Custer county February 19, 1883, and the writ was issued in accordance with the prayer of the petition, commanding “that immediately after the receipt of this writ, or a copy thereof, you, the said Max E. Alexander, do open and keep open your said office as and of county clerk aforesaid, at said Eosita, in Custer county and state of Colorado, for the transaction of all business pertaining to your office as county clerk and recorder of deeds of said Custer county,…
1Opinion of the Court
Beok, O. J.
By an act of the legislature entitled “An act to regulate elections for the removal of county seats,” approved February 11, 1881, it was, among other things, enacted, “that not less than two-thirds of all the legal votes cast shall be necessary to effect the removal of the county seat of any county in this state.”
The record before us presents the question whether the provision above cited is in conflict with § 2 of art. XIV of the constitution of this state, which is as follows: “ § 2. The general assembly shall have no power to remove the county seat of any county, but the removal…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Manning, Bowman Co. v. . KeenanNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
3Cited by46 opinions
- Yenter v. BakerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1952
- Colorado Department of Social Services v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Colorado · 1985
- Schwartz v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1909
- Colo. Dept. of Soc. Serv. v. BD. OF CTY. COM'RSSupreme Court of Colorado · 1985
- People ex rel. Rhodes v. FlemingSupreme Court of Colorado · 1887
41 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.