State ex rel. Beck v. Harvey

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.:

This is an original proceeding in quo warranto, authorized by G. S. 1935, 60-1609 et seq., begun in April, 1937, to oust defendant from the office of clerk of the district court of Finney county on the alleged grounds of her willful misconduct in office and of her acts constituting violations of criminal statutes involving moral turpitude. This procedure is civil in its nature, rather than criminal. (State, ex rel., v. Duncan, 134 Kan. 85, 4 P. 2d 443.) After issues were joined the court appointed Hon. W. PI. Russell, of La Crosse, as its…