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· 12/15/1899

Conner v. McLaurin ex rel. Jackson

Citations

  • 77 Miss. 373

Syllabus

<p>Quo WARranto. Pleading. Certainty. Conclusions.</p> <p>An information in a qtto icarranto proceeding, which shows that the election officers had declared the defendant elected to the office in question, and that he had qualified and entered upon the discharge of its duties, hut seeks to question his right to the office because of irregularities or illegalities in the election, is demurrable if it fail to aver the facts; the statement of the pleader’s conclusions will'not save the pleading.</p>

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  • “[i]t is ... perfectly proper that the power of revocation should remain in the hands of the Governor to be exercised by him at any time before the alleged fugitive is taken from the state”

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Judges: Woods

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