Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Dodson v. Meeker

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1886PublishedCited by 15 opinions

ORIGINAL application for mandamus. cited: Code, §§ 588, •593. State v. Jaynes, 26 N. W. R., 711. cited: Ex 'aparte Thatcher, 2 Gilm., 168. Hannon v. Commissioners, ‘89 N. C., 123. Atherton v. Sherwood, 15 Minn., 251. State v. Sheldon, 10 Neb., 453. And claimed that remedy • was by quo warranto. People v. Olds, 3 Cal., 17. State, ■ex rel. Lytle, v. Douglas County, 18 Neb., 506.

1Opinion of the CourtReese, J.

This is an application to this court, in the ex'ercise of its •original jurisdiction, for a peremptory writ of mandamus, requiring the respondent to surrender to the relator the possession of the office of the clerk of the district court •of Saline county, together with the seal, books, papers, and records belonging thereto. The allegations of the relation are, that on and prior to the 4th day of August, 1885, the respondent was the duly qualified and acting clerk of said court, and that on that day a complaint was •filed with the county board, charging him with various violations of the law,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Wilcox v. SaundersNebraska Supreme Court · 1876

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Fawcett v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1896
  2. State ex rel. Craig v. WoodsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
  3. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1933
  4. Home Fire Insurance v. DutcherNebraska Supreme Court · 1896
  5. Palmer v. HarrisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909

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