State Ex Rel. Peterson v. District Court

HONORABLE CHARLES B. ELWELL, District Judge,

sitting in place of Mr. Justice Morris, absent on account of illness, delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an application for a writ of supervisory control seeking to control the action of the district court in and for the county of Teton, and involves the following facts:

At the general election held in Teton county, Montana, on the 8th day of November, 1938, Albert O. Peterson was a candidate for election to the office of sheriff on the Republican ticket, and J. L. “Shell” Billings was a candidate for the same office on the Independent…