Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Morton v. Stevenson

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided July 15, 1885PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Original application for mandamus to compel respondent to issue and deliver to the sheriff of Otoe county notices of the election to be held in said county Nov. 3, 1885, in which shall be named the office of judge of the district court for the second judicial district. ■

1Opinion of the Court

Cobb, Ch. J.

The principal question raised by the motion and affidavit of the relator and the answer of the respondent in this case is, whether the act of February 24,1885, entitled “ An act to amend sections one and three of an act entitled ‘An act to apportion the state into judicial districts, and for the appointment and election of officers thereof/ approved February 21, 1883,” approved March 10, 1885, is in violation of any provision of the constitution of the state. Comp. Stat., Ch. 5, § 8.

I assume it to be universally conceded that all legislative power of the people of this state not…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. State ex rel. West v. ButlerSupreme Court of Florida · 1915
  2. State ex rel. Wiles v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1910
  3. State Ex Rel. Clinton Falls Nursery Co. v. County of SteeleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1930
  4. State v. BrandtNebraska Supreme Court · 1909
  5. In re GroffNebraska Supreme Court · 1887

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