Harries v. McCrea

The plaintiff filed his application in this court, praying for an alternative writ of prohibition against the defendant, the Honorable William M. McCrea, as judge of the district court of Salt Lake county. An alternative writ was duly issued, to which the defendant has entered his appearance as hereinafter indicated.

From the application it is made to appear that the plaintiff herein was, on the 7th day of November, 1922, elected sheriff of Salt Lake county, Utah; that on the 23d day of December, 1922, Orman W. Ewing, together with a large number of other electors of Salt Lake county, as…