State ex rel. Coffin v. Atherton
Nevada Supreme Court
Application for mandamus. The facts are stated in the opinion. I. The act of 1885 is unconstitutional and void, by reason of its title not complying, with the requirements of section 17, article 4, of the constitution. (State v. Silver, 9 Nev. 227; State v. Ah Sam, 15 Nev. 30;1 Sun Mutual Ins.
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Application for mandamus. The facts are stated in the opinion. I. The act of 1885 is unconstitutional and void, by reason of its title not complying, with the requirements of section 17, article 4, of the constitution. (State v. Silver, 9 Nev. 227; State v. Ah Sam, 15 Nev. 30;1 Sun Mutual Ins. Co. v. The Mayor, 4 Sel. 253; City of San Antonio v. Gould, 34 Tex. 49; Giddings v. City of San Antonio, 47 Tex. 548; Durkee v. Janesville, 26 Wis. 697; City of Tecumseh v. Phillips, 5 Neb. 305; White v. City of Lincoln, 5 Neb. 505; People v. Mahany, 18 Mich. 494; People v. Hill, 35 N. Y. 449; People v-…
1Opinion of the Court
*336By the Court,
Hawley, J".:
On the fifteenth of February, 1886, respondents issued a notice that an election would be held on Tuesday, the second day of November next, for state, county, and township officers, including “three district judges for thedistrict ofNevada”; and refused, upon the demand of relator, to issue a notice for the election of “ one district judge for the second judicial district of the state of Nevada, comprising Ormsby and Douglas counties.” This proceeding was instituted in this court to procuro a writ of mandamus to compel respondents to issue such a notice.
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