State ex rel. Toepke v. Clayton
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceedings in Quo Warranto. Action brought in this court, December 16,1881, by The State of Kansas, on the relation of Gustav Toeplce, to test the title of the defendant, James Clayton, to the office of probate judge of Barton county. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
This is an original case in this court, brought for the purpose of testing the title of defendant to the office of probate judge of Barton county. To the petition defendant has interposed a demurrer, and the case is now submitted to us upon such demurrer. The facts as alleged in the petition, and admitted by the demurrer, are as follows: In 1880, one E. L. Chapman was duly elected and qualified as probate judge of Barton county. On the 3d day of October, 1881, he wrote and forwarded to the governor an unconditional resignation of such…
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