Moonlight v. Bond
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Leavenworth District Court. Proceedings instituted in November 1873 by Moonlight, to contest the right to the office of sheriff. The proceedings were commenced in a contest court, composed of Richard R, Rees, probate judge, and George H. English and Lucien Baker, associates. Said contest court found and decided in favor of Bond, the contestee. Moonlight removed the case to the district court by petition in error.
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Error from, Leavenworth District Court. Proceedings instituted in November 1873 by Moonlight, to contest the right to the office of sheriff. The proceedings were commenced in a contest court, composed of Richard R, Rees, probate judge, and George H. English and Lucien Baker, associates. Said contest court found and decided in favor of Bond, the contestee. Moonlight removed the case to the district court by petition in error. The district court, at the May Term 1874, affirmed the'decision of the contest court, and Moonlight, as plaintiff in error, now brings the case here.
1Opinion of the Court
*352The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This petition in error was brought in this court for the purpose of reversing a judgment of the district court of Leavenworth county, which affirmed a judgment of a certain contest court of said county which held and determined that the defendant Bond was duly elected to the office of sheriff of said county. The only question presented in this court is, whether the judgment of the contest court was and is sustained by the special findings of such court. Said findings, so far as they are material in the determination of said question, are…
2Cited by1 opinion
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