People ex rel. Jackson v. Board of Supervisors
Synopsis
■Application to Svfeeme Covet fob Wbit of Mandate.—The facts, in an application to the Supreme Court for a writ of mandate to compel the Board of Supervisors of a county to count the votes of certain precincts cast at an election for the removal of a County Seat, that the District Court of the county does not hold a term for two months, that delay in making improvements at the County Seat will he an injury, that it is the practice of the Supreme Court to give pieople’s cases the precedence, that nearly all the people of the county are disqualified as jurors, and that the Attorney-General resides at the Capital of the State, and cannot well attend Court at the county, are not sufficient reasons why the application for the writ should not he made to the District Court of the county.
[207]Chief Justice Wallace, speaking for the Court, said: We are of opinion that the petition does not show sufficient reasons why the application should not be made to the District Court.
Application denied.
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