Wilson v. Lacroix
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. The relators in the above four cases have each brought quo warranto to test the title to the offices of assessor, city solicitor, city physician and auditor in the city of Lewiston, and were tried together.
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On report. The relators in the above four cases have each brought quo warranto to test the title to the offices of assessor, city solicitor, city physician and auditor in the city of Lewiston, and were tried together. In June, 1913, these respondents, and other claimants, brought petitions under Revised Statutes, chapter 6, sections 70-74 against these petitioners, and others, then holding the above named offices, and upon a hearing before the sitting Justice, on June 7, 1913, said Justice rendered a decision in favor of the respondents. Appeals from said decision were taken by two of the…
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, J.
A full statement of the facts leading up to this case may be found in Tremblay v. Murphy, 111 Maine, 38, but an outline sufficient for our purpose, is as follows:
On the first Monday of March, 1913, a municipal election' was held in the city of Lewiston, at which votes were cast for mayor, nine aldermen and twenty-seven councilmen, each of the nine wards electing one alderman and three councilmen. A contest arose over the election in ward two. Certificates of election were issued by the old board of mayor and aldermen, acting as a canvassing board, to Charles G. English as alderman and J. E.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Philipson ex rel. Menard v. BatesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1829