Sharpless v. Buckles

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Greene, J. :

This is an application for a peremptory writ of mandamus. The plaintiff and Peter T. Laughlin were opposing candidates for the office of representative in the third representative district, comprising part of Atchison county. After the election the board of county commissioners met at the office of the county clerk and opened and canvassed the several election returns made to that office. It was thus ascertained that of the votes cast at such election in the territorial limits of the representative district plaintiff had re*839ceived a…