State ex rel. Owen v. Van Stone

OPINION OP THE COURT.

PARKER, J.

This is a petition for' leave to file an information in the nature of a quo warranto. A rule was issued against the respondent requiring him to show cause why leave should not he granted to file the information. Upon the return day, a motion to discharge the rule was interposed by the respondent, and the matter argued before the court by counsel for the respective parties. It appears that the relator was a candidate at the recent first state election for the office of Corporation Commissioner, and that the canvassing board appointed by the enabling act declared…