Legal Opinion

Shaw v. Circuit Court of Hamlin County

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided February 1, 1911PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Petition by William B. Shaw and others for a writ of prohibition against the Circuit Court of Hamlin County.

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.

On the 8th of July, 1910, a petition was filed in the office of the county auditor of Hamlin county, requesting the board of county commissioners to submit at the general election in November, 19x0, the question of the removal of the county seat of said county from the town of Castlewood to Hayti, and on that date the county commissioners passed a resolution granting the petition. Pursuant to this resolution, the question was submitted to the voters on the 8th day of November, 1910, and, the vote having been canvassed, it was ascertained and determined by the board that 1,886 votes were cast…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Wheaton v. WiantIllinois Supreme Court · 1868
  2. State ex rel. Lewis v. EgglestonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1886
  3. Parmeter v. BourneWashington Supreme Court · 1894
  4. State ex rel. Currie v. WeldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
  5. County of Calaveras v. BrockwayCalifornia Supreme Court · 1866

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. South Dakota Board of Regents v. HeegeSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1988
  2. State Ex Rel. Wahl v. SpeerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1920
  3. Atkinson v. Roosevelt CountyMontana Supreme Court · 1923
  4. Poe v. Sheridan CountyMontana Supreme Court · 1916
  5. Miller v. NortonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1911

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