State ex rel. Clark v. Smith
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Pottawatomie District Court. The opinion states the facts. At the November Term, 1882, defendant Smith, as county clerk of Pottawatomie county, recovered a judgment against the state on the relation of Clark, who brings it here for review.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Yalentine, J.:
This was an action of mandamus, commenced by William Clark in the name of the state of Kansas against H. P. Smith, county clerk of Pottawatomie county, for the purpose of contesting the validity of a county-seat election held in that county on September 19, 1882. The action was commenced on October 12, 1882, in the district court of Pottawatomie county, under §§ 2 and 4, chapter 79, of the Laws of 1871. (Comp. Laws of 1879, ch. 36, ¶¶ 2276, 2278.) This was a second election for the location of the county seat of said county, the first…
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