State ex rel. Attorney General v. Dolan
Supreme Court of Missouri
Quo Warranto. (1) Courts will take judicial notice of the population of cities as shown by census. State ex rel. t>. Herman, 75 Mo. 340 ; Bemne v. Ooolc, 84 111. 590; 1 Green! Evid., sec. 56. (2) Kansas City having a population of more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, the appointment of JohnC.
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Quo Warranto. (1) Courts will take judicial notice of the population of cities as shown by census. State ex rel. t>. Herman, 75 Mo. 340 ; Bemne v. Ooolc, 84 111. 590; 1 Green! Evid., sec. 56. (2) Kansas City having a population of more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, the appointment of JohnC. Hope, by the Governor, was, under the act of 1883 (Laws, p. 38-47) legal, and had the effect of abolishing the office of supervisor of registration, as created by article ten, of the city charter. Laws 1875, p. 257; Ewing «. Hoblitzelle, 85 Mo. 64. (3) In determining the question whether the…
1Opinion of the CourtNorton, C. J.
This is an original proceeding by quo warranto which challenges the right of John Dolan to the office of supervisor of registration in and for the City of Kansas, and it is averred in the information that said city has a population of more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, and that, by reason of that fact, and an act of the legislature “to provide for the registration of all voters in cities having a population of more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, and to govern elections in such cities, and to create the office of recorder of voters,” etc., approved March 31, 1883 (Acts 1883,…
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