State ex rel. Breckenridge v. Cook
Supreme Court of Missouri
Petition for Mandamus. “ Jolm O. Breekenridge, your petitioner, respectfully shows to this court, that he is a voter residing in Union election district, Washington county, Missouri, and has stibscribed and filed with the clerk of the County Court of said county the oath of loyalty prescribed by the Constitution; that he has been a volunteer soldier and officer, and served as such in the army of the United States from near the beginning to the close of the late war with the…
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Petition for Mandamus. “ Jolm O. Breekenridge, your petitioner, respectfully shows to this court, that he is a voter residing in Union election district, Washington county, Missouri, and has stibscribed and filed with the clerk of the County Court of said county the oath of loyalty prescribed by the Constitution; that he has been a volunteer soldier and officer, and served as such in the army of the United States from near the beginning to the close of the late war with the Rebels or Confederates, and was honorably discharged from the service of the United States; that at and prior to…
1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge
The relator asks for a mandamus from this court to compel the registering officer of Union election district, in Washington county, to permit him to register. He states in his petition, substantially, that he is a duty qualified voter, and that he took and subscribed the oath of loyalty previous to the regular election in November, 1866, and was regularly registered as a voter, but that the court of appeals, composed of the supervisors of registration, threw out the vote of the entire election district in which he was registered, on the ground that the officer making the registration was…
2Cited by6 opinions
- Lankford v. GebhartSupreme Court of Missouri · 1885
- West v. RossSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
- State ex rel. Priddy v. GibsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1905
- State ex rel. Crandall v. McIntoshSupreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- Hallanan v. HagerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1926
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