State ex rel. Shields v. Barker

Hon. Dan B. Shields, as Attorney General of this state, obtained leave of this court to bring this action in quo warranto as an original proceeding. The action is instituted against the defendant George S. Barker as judge of the municipal court of Ogden City to determine his right to discharge the duties as such judge and to test, the validity of chapter 107, Laws Utah 1917, p. 377.

The defendant is the duly elected judge of the municipal court of Ogden City, under the provisions of Comp. Laws 1907, section 686x37. The Legislature, at the 1917 session, however, amended section 686x37, supra,…