State ex informatione Crow v. Bland
Supreme Court of Missouri
Proceeding Under Corrupt Practices Act. (1) The information does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of ouster of respondent under the act of March 31, 1893, admitting everything alleged to be true. And the demurrer should be sustained because: First. It is necessary for the Attorney-General to make a case by the allegations of his information as much so as for any other pleader.
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Proceeding Under Corrupt Practices Act. (1) The information does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of ouster of respondent under the act of March 31, 1893, admitting everything alleged to be true. And the demurrer should be sustained because: First. It is necessary for the Attorney-General to make a case by the allegations of his information as much so as for any other pleader. Inasmuch as the Attorney-General has undertaken to set out the grounds of disqualification, he must set out sufficient grounds. Besides, as this is a proceeding under the statute to oust the incumbent,…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
This is an original proceeding instituted in this court on the eighteenth of January, 1898, by the Attorney-General, on the application in writing of Roderick E. Rombauer, under the provisions of the act of the General Assembly of Missouri, entitled “An act to prevent corrupt practices in elections, to limit the expenses of candidates, to prescribe the duties of candidates and political committees, and provide penalties and remedies for violations of this act,” approved March 31, 1893 (Acts 1893, p. 157). The petition is as follows:
“The State of Missouri by the information of Edward 0. Crow-,…
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