Chapman v. Dobbs

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The plaintiffs’ prayers are shown in the foregoing statement in a somewhat different order from that in which they appear in the petition; but the arrangement as made above will do no violence to any right of the plaintiffs, and will serve to facilitate reference in the course of this opinion. We think the court erred in not sustaining the general demurrer and dismissing the petition for the writ of mandamus. The plaintiffs are seeking to compel the ordinary to perform certain acts or to make certain rulings in relation to an election contest. It appears…