Taylor v. Girard

This is an original application for a peremptory writ of prohibition to prevent the Secretary of State from transmitting to the various county auditors the names of James F. Ailshie and Sam E. Blaine as the candidates to be voted for at the coming general election for the nonpartisan office of justice of the supreme court. A demurrer to, and a motion to quash, the petition were filed urging, among other things, that the court has no jurisdiction of the subject matter or of the action or of the person of the defendant. The cause was duly argued and voluminous briefs have been submitted, both…