Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Cooper v. Hamilton

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided March 19, 1890PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Original proceeding in nature of quo warranto. cited : State, ex rel. Roberts, v. Mayor, 4 Neb., 260; Leeoh v. State, 78 Ind., 570; People v. Porter, 6 Cal., 260; U. S. v. Wright, 1 Me-Lean [U. S.], 509; Paine, Elections, sec. 238; Gates v. Delaware County, 12 la., 405; Dace v. People, 50 111., 432; State v. Shining, 19 Neb., 497; Hurford v. Omaha, 4 Id., 350; Follmer v. Nucholls County, % Id., 213; State, exrel., v. Bueh, 13 Id., 273. cited : State v. Graham, 23 Neb., 74;…

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Original proceeding in nature of quo warranto. cited : State, ex rel. Roberts, v. Mayor, 4 Neb., 260; Leeoh v. State, 78 Ind., 570; People v. Porter, 6 Cal., 260; U. S. v. Wright, 1 Me-Lean [U. S.], 509; Paine, Elections, sec. 238; Gates v. Delaware County, 12 la., 405; Dace v. People, 50 111., 432; State v. Shining, 19 Neb., 497; Hurford v. Omaha, 4 Id., 350; Follmer v. Nucholls County, % Id., 213; State, exrel., v. Bueh, 13 Id., 273. cited : State v. Graham, 23 Neb., 74; People v. Perley, 80 N. Y., 624; State v. Cobb, 2 Kan., 32; State v. Hwnton, 28 Yt., 594; State, ex rel. Rea, v. Hay,…

1Opinion of the CourtNorval, J.

This was an information in the nature of a quo warranto by the relator against the respondent, the object of which was to establish the relator’s supposed right to the office of councilman for the Fourth wai’d of the city of Lincoln, and to oust the respondent therefrom. The allegations of the petition are as follows :

“1. Comes now the relator in his own behalf and prosecutes this action, the attorney general of the state of Nebraska having refused to prosecute the same, and for cause of action the relator shows to the court that he is, and for more than four years last past has been a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State ex rel. Glenn v. SteinNebraska Supreme Court · 1882

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Birkhauser v. MooresNebraska Supreme Court · 1897
  2. People v. Reclamation District No. 136California Supreme Court · 1898
  3. State v. CookOregon Supreme Court · 1901
  4. State ex rel. Castle v. SchroederNebraska Supreme Court · 1907
  5. State Ex Rel. Brewster v. OstranderOregon Supreme Court · 1957

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