Wood v. Bartling
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceedings in Mandamus. Wood, as plaintiff, filed in this court his verified petition for a mandamus to compel the Mayor and Oity Cowncilmen of the Oity of Topeka, to enter of record the fact that plaintiff had been duly elected to the office of justice of the peace of said city at the city election held on the 6th of April 1875, and to cause such election of plaintiff to be duly certified by the city clerk to the county clerk of Shawnee county.
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Original Proceedings in Mandamus. Wood, as plaintiff, filed in this court his verified petition for a mandamus to compel the Mayor and Oity Cowncilmen of the Oity of Topeka, to enter of record the fact that plaintiff had been duly elected to the office of justice of the peace of said city at the city election held on the 6th of April 1875, and to cause such election of plaintiff to be duly certified by the city clerk to the county clerk of Shawnee county. The record shows that at said city election votes were cast and canvassed for the office of justice of the peace as follows: For Thomas…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This is an action of mandamus to compel the mayor, council, and city clerk of the city of Topeka to issue to the plaintiff a certificate of election showing that he was elected to the office of justice of the peace in and for the city of Topeka on the 6th of April 1875. All questions have been so arranged and disposed of by the parties that the only question for us to determine is, whether the plaintiff was duly elected to said office of justice of the peace or not. Involved in this question, however, are several others, which we shall…
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