Weaver v. Toney
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 69 — PETITION FOR WRIT OF PROHIBITION — COTJET OF APPEALS, ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. 1. While this court has appellate jurisdiction only, as a necessary incident to such jurisdiction, and especially by virtue of section 110 of the Constitution, it has jurisdiction to issue writs of prohibition and mandamus in aid of its appellate jurisdiction and for the purpose of supervising the jurisdiction of inferior courts and confining inferior courts within their proper…
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Case 69 — PETITION FOR WRIT OF PROHIBITION — COTJET OF APPEALS, ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. 1. While this court has appellate jurisdiction only, as a necessary incident to such jurisdiction, and especially by virtue of section 110 of the Constitution, it has jurisdiction to issue writs of prohibition and mandamus in aid of its appellate jurisdiction and for the purpose of supervising the jurisdiction of inferior courts and confining inferior courts within their proper jurisdictions. Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch, 200; Hindman v. Toney, 97 Ky., 413; Kelly v. Toney, 95 Ky., 338; Louisville Industrial…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hazelrigg
At about midday of Monday, November 7, 1899, — the day of the recent State election, — the Honorable John Young Brown, the gubernatorial candidate of the “Honest Election” Democratic party, filed his petition in equity in the Jefferson Circuit Court, Law and Equity Division, against Charles P. Weaver1, Mayor of the city of Louisville; Lyons, Tierney and Suter, members of the- Board of Public Safety; Jacob H. Haager, Chief of Police, and some seven hundred and fifty other defendants, who were officers of election at the various voting precincts in Louisville on the day in question. The purpose…
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