State ex rel. Allen v. Mayor of St. Louis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Mandamus. A cardinal principle of our constitution is, that those who do not vote, whatever be the reason, shall be bound by and be deemed to acquiesce in the act of those who do. This principle is applied to the abolition of township organization, the changing of county seats, the reorganization, of counties, the calling of constitutional conventions, and, even more, to the amendment of the organic law of the State, the constitution itself.
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Mandamus. A cardinal principle of our constitution is, that those who do not vote, whatever be the reason, shall be bound by and be deemed to acquiesce in the act of those who do. This principle is applied to the abolition of township organization, the changing of county seats, the reorganization, of counties, the calling of constitutional conventions, and, even more, to the amendment of the organic law of the State, the constitution itself. All these may be accomplished by the act of a plurality, or majority of the voters voting on the question submitted. Const. 1875, art. 9, §§ 2, 3, 4, 9;…
1Opinion of the CourtNorton, J.
This is an original proceeding by mandamus to compel the mayor of the city of St. Louis to proclaim that certain amendments numbered one, two, throe, live, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, twelve and thirteen, submitted for the acceptance of the qualified voters of said city at the general election held therein for the election of city officers on the 5th day of April, 1881, were adopted and became incorporated in the charter of said city.
It is admitted by the demurrer to defendant’s answer that at said election the said charter amendments were ac*437eepted by three-fifths of the voters who voted at…
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