Aichele v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Colorado
Original Application for Writ of Prohibition. By the general registration act provision is made for a permanent list of qualified voters to be-prepared under the supervision of the county clerks of designated counties, including the county of Arapahoe.
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Original Application for Writ of Prohibition. By the general registration act provision is made for a permanent list of qualified voters to be-prepared under the supervision of the county clerks of designated counties, including the county of Arapahoe. It is thereby made the duty of the county clerk at least three days before the day of an election to make full and complete certified copies of the registration lists of the voters in their respective election pre^ cincts, and to deliver such lists to the election judges for the proper precincts one day prior to election.— 3 Mills’ Ann. Stats.,…
1Per curiam
Two principles or rules have been firmly established in this jurisdiction; one that a writ of prohibition, being a discretionary writ, will not go •where there is an adequate remedy at law) the other, that a writ of error is an ample and appropriate rem,edy for the review of a judgment imposing a penalty ■for contempt of court.
Upon the first proposition two late cases in this court are directly in point. In People v. The District Court, 29 Colo., 1 (66 Pac., 888), it was said: // The writ of prohibition is not one of right. It may issue in extraordinary cases in the exercise of a sound…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Cooper v. People Ex Rel. WyattSupreme Court of Colorado · 1889
- Wyatt v. the PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1892
- People ex rel. Bonfils v. District CourtSupreme Court of Colorado · 1901
- People ex rel. Attorney General v. District CourtSupreme Court of Colorado · 1899
- In re TysonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1895
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In re StidgerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1906