Braidy v. Theritt
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Doniphan District Court. Action brought by Frank Theritt, A. J. Selover, and Henry Dockhorn, to enjoin and restrain John T. Braidy, Peter Deiter, and Benjamin Harding, who claimed to be councilmen of the city of Wathena, from acting together as the city council of said city, and to enjoin and restrain Christopher Nahrung, the mayor of said city, from recognizing said Braidy as such councilman.
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Error from Doniphan District Court. Action brought by Frank Theritt, A. J. Selover, and Henry Dockhorn, to enjoin and restrain John T. Braidy, Peter Deiter, and Benjamin Harding, who claimed to be councilmen of the city of Wathena, from acting together as the city council of said city, and to enjoin and restrain Christopher Nahrung, the mayor of said city, from recognizing said Braidy as such councilman. It was admitted by both parties that Selover, Dockhorn, Deiter and Harding, were councilmen, and that Nahrung was the mayor of Wathena. The contest was, whether Theritt, or Braidy, was the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was an action brought by Frank Theritt and others, against John T. Braidy and others, to restrain the latter from interfering with Theritt while discharging his duties as a member of the council of the city of Wathena. Said city was a city of the third class, and therefore its council consisted legally of five members. (Laws of 1871, page 122, § 15.) A. J. Selover, Henry Dockhorn, 'Peter Deiter, and Benjamin Harding, are admitted to have been four of such members. Who the other member was, is a disputed question. The office however…
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