Maclean v. Brodigan
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Ormsby County; Frank P. Langan, Judge. Action by Donald Maclean against George Brodigan, as Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, and Maurice J. Sullivan, as Lieutenant-Governor and ex officio Adjutant-General of the State of Nevada. From an order overruling a general demurrer to the complaint and judgment, defendants appeal.
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Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Ormsby County; Frank P. Langan, Judge. Action by Donald Maclean against George Brodigan, as Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, and Maurice J. Sullivan, as Lieutenant-Governor and ex officio Adjutant-General of the State of Nevada. From an order overruling a general demurrer to the complaint and judgment, defendants appeal. The statute of 1899 is in full force and effect, under the well-defined principle of law that where one statute adopts the particular provisions of another by a specific and descriptive reference to the statute or the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
McCarran, C. J.:
This action was commenced in the district court to enjoin the appellant Sullivan, as adjutant-general, from certifying to the secretary of state any list or lists of electors now engaged in the military service of the United States, and to enjoin the appellant Brodigan, as secretary of state, from incurring any expense in the purchase of ballot paper or registration supplies for the taking of the votes of the electors of the State of Nevada now engaged in the military service of the United States, and from incurring any cost or expense therefor to the State of…
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