State ex rel. Hequembourg v. Lawrence
Supreme Court of Missouri
Petition for Quo warranto. And now comes Joseph P. Yastine,'prosecuting attorney for the 8th Judicial Circuit of the State of Missouri, comprising the county of St. Louis, and at the relation of Charles Hequembourg, exhibits to this honorable court an information iii the nature of a quo warranto, and states that Samuel C. Lawrence, the defendant, has usurped, intruded into, and unlawfully holds and executes the office of justice of the peace for the sixth ward of the city of…
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Petition for Quo warranto. And now comes Joseph P. Yastine,'prosecuting attorney for the 8th Judicial Circuit of the State of Missouri, comprising the county of St. Louis, and at the relation of Charles Hequembourg, exhibits to this honorable court an information iii the nature of a quo warranto, and states that Samuel C. Lawrence, the defendant, has usurped, intruded into, and unlawfully holds and executes the office of justice of the peace for the sixth ward of the city of St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis, and that said defendant has no right or authority to hold said office. Plaintiff…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, Judge
This petition seems to have been filed in this court under a misapprehension of the nature of the proceeding and of the practice of the court in cases of quo warranto. It appears to have been filed, and a writ of quo warranto was sued out, as upon an ex officio information. ■ An ex officio information in the nature of quo warranto may be filed in this court by the Attorney General, or by the'circuit attorney of the county, as representing the State- in cases arising within the county (in place of Attorney General) on behalf of State, as a matter of course, and without leave of the court…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State ex rel. McIlhany v. StewartSupreme Court of Missouri · 1862
- State v. MerrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1833
- State v. BernoudySupreme Court of Missouri · 1865
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- State ex rel. Smith v. AndersonSupreme Court of Florida · 1890
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