Richardson v. Farrar
Supreme Court of Virginia
Application to the original jurisdiction of this court, to award a writ of peremptory mandamus against Hon. F. R. Farrar, judge, temporarily, by executive appointment, of the county court of Prince Edward county, commanding him as judge of the said court, or such judge as may now he the lawful judge of the said court, to set aside and annul a certain order made in the said court August 7th, 1891, whereby it dismissed the complaint of sundry citizens, twenty or more, and duly…
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Application to the original jurisdiction of this court, to award a writ of peremptory mandamus against Hon. F. R. Farrar, judge, temporarily, by executive appointment, of the county court of Prince Edward county, commanding him as judge of the said court, or such judge as may now he the lawful judge of the said court, to set aside and annul a certain order made in the said court August 7th, 1891, whereby it dismissed the complaint of sundry citizens, twenty or more, and duly qualified voters of the county of Prince Edward, Virginia, of a false return, gross fraud and other specified…
1Opinion of the CourtFauxtleroy, J.
The record shows that George Richardson, A. P. Ibice, F. W. Holman, F. T). Read, W. P. Bradshaw, A. J. Price, V. T. Hubbard, O. F. East, R. H. Walton, W. E. Hubbard, R. A. Bradshaw, W. IT. Hubbard, E. W. Moving, R. S. Harris, Edward Hherbert, T. Carter, W. W. Swan, Samuel A. Moore, G. I). Warrener, Thomas R. H. Cocks, and 8. D. Hubbard (citizens and qualified voters of Prince Edward county, Virginia, numbering twenty-one, and comprising members of both the Democratic and Republican parties, and representing the intelligence, integrity, and respectability of the people of said Prince Edward…
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