State ex rel. Bennett v. Same
Wyoming Supreme Court
Original proceedings iii mandamus on the relation of S. B. Bennett and Harry A. Chapman, respectively — two cases— against Amos W. Barber, Secretary of State, Charles W. Burdick, State Auditor, and Otto Gramm, State Treasurer, constituting the State board of canvassers, to require the respondents to canvass certain returns of the votes cast for relators for members of the house of representatives from Carbon County, at the election held on Tuesday, November 8, 1892. An…
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Original proceedings iii mandamus on the relation of S. B. Bennett and Harry A. Chapman, respectively — two cases— against Amos W. Barber, Secretary of State, Charles W. Burdick, State Auditor, and Otto Gramm, State Treasurer, constituting the State board of canvassers, to require the respondents to canvass certain returns of the votes cast for relators for members of the house of representatives from Carbon County, at the election held on Tuesday, November 8, 1892. An alternative writ was allowed by the chief justice in vacation. The case was first heard upon a motion to quash the…
1Opinion of the Court
ON MOTION TO QUASH THE ALTERNATIVE WRITS OE MANDAMUS.
GROEsbeck, Chiee Justice.
The alternative writs of mandamus in the above entitled causes presenting substantially the same array of facts, were allowed by the chief justice of this court during the recess and vacation of the court, and were each made returnable by him to the court at the first day of its ensuing adjourned term. *60On that day, a motion to quash the alternative writ was inter-' posed in each case on the ground that a justice of this court has no power to allow ^and direct to be issued such writ. These motions, by agreement, were…
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