State ex rel. Blair v. Brooks
Wyoming Supreme Court
Mandamus. The suit was brought as an original proceeding in the supreme court in the name of the State on the relation of C. E. Blair, Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Albany County, against Bryant B. Brooks, as governor of the state, to require the issuance of a proclamation by the respondent to the effect that a proposed amendment to the constitution had been adopted at the general election held in November, 1908. The proposed amendment was to take the…
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Mandamus. The suit was brought as an original proceeding in the supreme court in the name of the State on the relation of C. E. Blair, Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Albany County, against Bryant B. Brooks, as governor of the state, to require the issuance of a proclamation by the respondent to the effect that a proposed amendment to the constitution had been adopted at the general election held in November, 1908. The proposed amendment was to take the place of and be known as Section 9, Art. 15 of the Constitution. The cause was heard upon a demurrer to the petition and…
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, Justice.
This is a proceeding in mandamus originally instituted in this court by the plaintiff to compel ■ the defendant to isssue a proclamation upon the return and canvass of the vote cast at the regular November, A. D. 1908, election upon the adoption or rejection of a proposed constitutional amendment. To the petition and the writ the defendant has interposed a demurrer upon the ground that they do not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.
The petition is as follows:
“Comes now the above named plaintiff and respectfully represents unto the court and alleges that the…
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