State ex rel. Windom v. Prince
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Upon the relation of William L. Windom, the district court for St. county granted its alternative writ of. mandamus directed to William I. Prince, mayor, Eoderick Murchison, William A. Hicken, and Leonidas Merritt, commissioners, the city council of the city of Duluth, commanding them to declare relator the person who received the high-number of votes at the municipal election in Duluth on April 6, for the office of judge of the municipal court, to declare him elected to…
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Upon the relation of William L. Windom, the district court for St. county granted its alternative writ of. mandamus directed to William I. Prince, mayor, Eoderick Murchison, William A. Hicken, and Leonidas Merritt, commissioners, the city council of the city of Duluth, commanding them to declare relator the person who received the high-number of votes at the municipal election in Duluth on April 6, for the office of judge of the municipal court, to declare him elected to issue to him a certificate of election, or show cause why they not done so. Eespondents’ motion to quash the writ was…
1Opinion of the Court
Dibell, C.
Proceeding by the relator, William L. Windom, by mandamus against the respondents, commissioners of the city of Duluth, and by law the *400canvassing board, to compel the issuance to him of a certificate of election to the office of municipal judge. The court granted respondents’ motion to quash the writ. .From the judgment entered the relator appeals.
1. At the April 6, 1915, election, relator and three others were candidates for the office of judge of the municipal court. The votes cast at the election are shown in Brown v. Smallwood, 130 Minn. 492, 153 N. W. 953. It was there held…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brown v. SmallwoodSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
3Cited by6 opinions
- Springer v. State Ex Rel. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
- State ex rel. Smallwood v. WindomSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- State ex rel. Burnquist v. So-Called Independent Consolidated School District No. 46Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- Walters v. Common School Districts Nos. 2550, 2551, 2583, & 2585Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1963
- Howard v. HolmSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1940
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