Privett v. Stevens
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceedings in Mandamus. ON the 4th of January, .1881, on the petition of Fletcher P. Privett, an alternative writ of mandamus was issued out of this court, and directed to T. H. Stevens, F. JB.
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Original Proceedings in Mandamus. ON the 4th of January, .1881, on the petition of Fletcher P. Privett, an alternative writ of mandamus was issued out of this court, and directed to T. H. Stevens, F. JB. Singer, and J. W. Clehouse, commissioners of Harper county, and II. 0. Meigs, county clerk thereof, commanding the said commissioners, as a canvassing board, to meet on the 18th day of January, 1881, at the office of the county clerk of that county, and then and there to canvass the returns of the election held therein November 2, 1880, for the office of sheriff thereof, and' declare the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
VALENTINE, J.:
This is an original action of mandamus, brought in this court by Fletcher P. Privett against T. H. Stevens, F. B. Singer and J. W. Clehouse, the county commissioners of Harper county, Kansas, and H. O. Meigs, the county clerk of said county, to compel them to canvass certain election returns. The plaintiff claims that, at the November election, in 1880, he was duly elected to fill a vacancy in the office of sheriff of said county; and claims that the defendants, without any legal excuse therefor, have persistently refused to canvass the…
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