Jordan v. Bailey
Supreme Court of Minnesota
An application was filed in this court, in each of the above-entitled matters, setting out the following facts, viz.: The respondents Francis B. Bailey and Stephen Mahoney were elected respectively judge .and special judge of the municipal court of Minneapolis, at an election held on the first Tuesday in April, 1883, for the term of four years and until their successors should be elected and qualified.
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An application was filed in this court, in each of the above-entitled matters, setting out the following facts, viz.: The respondents Francis B. Bailey and Stephen Mahoney were elected respectively judge .and special judge of the municipal court of Minneapolis, at an election held on the first Tuesday in April, 1883, for the term of four years and until their successors should be elected and qualified. On April 5, 1887, the applicants, Arthur N. Jordan and Robert L. Penney, were duly elected judge and special judge respectively and as .successors to the respondents. The applicants duly…
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
These applications are brought before this court upon orders to show cause why the petitioners should not have leave to file informations in the nature of quo warranto against Francis B. Bailey and Stephen Mahoney, present acting judge and special judge of the municipal court of the city of Minneapolis. The petitioners •claim to have been elected as the successors in office of Bailey and Mahoney, respectively, at the city election held in April, 1887.
The case turns upon the construction of certain sections of chapter 74, Sp. Laws 1885, amending the “Act to establish a municipal court in the…
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