State ex rel. Watson v. Cobb
Supreme Court of Kansas
Quo Warrmito. This was an information in tlio nature of a Quo Warranto, inquiring of the defendant by what authority he held and exercised the office of Chief Justice of the State. The facts in the case were agreed to and are as follows : Hon. Thomas Ewing, jr., was elected Chief Justice for a term of six years from the 29th of January, 1S61, and entered upon the discharge of his official duties.
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Quo Warrmito. This was an information in tlio nature of a Quo Warranto, inquiring of the defendant by what authority he held and exercised the office of Chief Justice of the State. The facts in the case were agreed to and are as follows : Hon. Thomas Ewing, jr., was elected Chief Justice for a term of six years from the 29th of January, 1S61, and entered upon the discharge of his official duties. James H. Lane, was, by the Secretary of "War, appointed a recruiting commissioner for the State of Kansas, with power to appoint assistants, and more than thirty days prior to the general election…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Kingman J.
This is an information in the nature of a quo-warmnto filed by the Attorney General of the State, upon the relation of John H. Watson, inquiring of the respondent, Nelson Cobb, by what authority he holds and exercises the office of Chief Justice of this State.
The facts are agreed upon, and are as follows:
Thomas Ewing, jr., was duly elected Chief Justice for six years, from January 29th, 1861, and having been commissioned and sworn in, entered upon the duties of his office.
James H. Lane, (a senator of the United States from the State of Kansas,) was on the-day of-, 1862,…
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