State Ex Rel. Thompson v. Roberts

BARRETT, Commissioner.

The purpose of this proceeding in mandamus, instituted in the Circuit Court of Nodaway County, is to compel the respondent-appellants as officials and councilmen of the City of Maryville to canvass the votes cast in a special election, to certify the results to the Secretary of' State and the County Clerk, and to call another special election for the purpose of electing city officials under the city manager form of government, the proposition voted upon at the special election. After -separate alternative motions to quash the alternative writ of mandamus, or to strike…