State ex rel. Sabin v. Tillma

Cobb, Ch. J.

This original proceeding in quo warranto is brought by the attorney general on the relation of Darwin G. Sabin against Tennis Tillma to determine the rights of the claimants to the office of treasurer of David City, the county seat of Butler county. It does not appear that either claimant is disqualified. David City, on April 7, 1891, had an enumerated population of 2,000 and was to be governed as a municipal corporation of the second class, having a population of less than 5,000.

It is alleged by the relator that at the annual city election, April 7, 1891, he was elected treasurer…