Whitla v. Quarles

Application was made in this case for a writ of mandate against T. L. Quarles, clerk of the district court and ex-officio auditor and recorder of Kootenai county. The county attorney, representing the clerk, demurred to the petition, and on the 19th day of October, at the Lewiston term of this court, the demurrer was sustained and the application denied and the petition dismissed.

The only question that was involved in the ease was whether the auditor should prepare ballots for the county seat removal election in Kootenai county under the provisions of see. 118 of an act approved February 2,…