Board of Com'rs of Las Animas County v. People ex rel. McPherson
| Decision Date | 08 January 1906 |
| Citation | 36 Colo. 246,91 P. 36 |
| Parties | BOARD OF COM'RS OF LAS ANIMAS COUNTY v. PEOPLE ex rel. McPHERSON. |
| Court | Colorado Supreme Court |
Department 3. Error to District Court, Las Animas County; Jesse M. Northcutt, Judge.
Mandamus by the people, on the relation of Frank McPherson, against the board of county commissioners of Las Animas county. Writ granted, and defendant brings error. Dismissed.
Everett Bell and A. P. Anderson, for plaintiff in error.
Robert Bonynge, for defendant in error.
A complaint was filed in the district court of Las Animas county, reciting that a petition was filed with the board of county commissioners of said county praying for the establishment of an election precinct at Primero in said county, but that the county commissioners had refused to act, and praying for a writ of mandamus commanding the commissioners to establish an election precinct at said Primero. A demurrer to the complaint was filed and was overruled, and judgment entered granting the writ. The board of commissioners took the case to the Court of Appeals by writ of error.
We shall take judicial notice of the fact that there has been a precinct established at Primero in said county. It is not material whether the precinct was established upon proper petition or by virtue of authority so to do under the statute. There being no live question for us to determine, the cause should be dismissed.
Dismissed.
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