State ex rel. Keshlear v. Slover
Supreme Court of Missouri
Prohibition. (1) The terms of the act of February 1, 1871, are sufficient to confer jurisdiction on the Jackson county criminal court to hear and determine contested elections for the office of marshal of Jackson county.
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Prohibition. (1) The terms of the act of February 1, 1871, are sufficient to confer jurisdiction on the Jackson county criminal court to hear and determine contested elections for the office of marshal of Jackson county. (2) Section 16 of said act is not in contravention of the provisions of section 32, article 5, of' the constitution of 1865. Lynch v. Murphy, 119 Mo. 170; State ex rel. v. Marion Co., 30 S. W. Rep. 103; State ex rel. v. Bronson, 115 Mo. 276; State ex rel. v. Mead, 71 Mo. 266. (3) Section 16 of said act of 1871 is repealed by section 4706, Revised Statutes, 1889. Repeals by…
1Opinion of the Court
*12DIVISION TWO.
G-antt, P J.
On the fifth day of June, 1895, the relator, J. B. Keshlear, filed his information for a writ of prohibition to prevent the respondent, who is one of the judges of the circuit court of Jackson county, from entertaining jurisdiction of a certain contested election case commenced by William M. Sloan against the relator in said circuit court for the office of marshal of Jackson county, Missouri.
Prom said information it appeared that at the general election held on the sixth day of November 1894, the relator received a majority of the votes cast for marshal of said…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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